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Originally Posted by Gaskal
I'm pretty confident that Rafikov will come over at least, if not stick. He was willing to come over to the CHL, wanted to fly here just to attend the development camp. Tells me that he's already accepted there's going to be an adjustment period between playing in Europe vs North America, let alone the AHL to the NHL, and is doing his best to do that as early as he can.
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I liked the story about when he was drafted and he was surprised. He then said he was going to start improving his English immediately. I think that suggests he is willing to give North America a shot.