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Originally Posted by dammage79
And I understand russian players can make more money playing at home but that hasn't stopped any of them from playing in the NHL. Heck even radulov has come back from his exile. I do not suspect that Nichushkin is that kind of guy.
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Where are Radulov and Kostitsyn playing this season? The KHL. Both top 15 Russian/Belorussian picks.
Kostitsyn had top 5 talent in the 2003 draft (I think Redline had him 4th). But I'm sure the Canadiens wished they had taken Carter, Seabrook, Brown, Parise, Getlzaf, Richards, Kesler, Perry, Bergeron or Weber instead. Same goes for CBJ who took the even more highly touted Zherdev 4th overall with Doug Maclean proudly proclaiming they had him #1 on their draft list. They could have taken any of the above as well as Vanek, Suter, Michalek, Phaneuf.