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Breaking: The #Flyers have signed free agent defenseman Yevgeni Medvedev
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The Philadelphia Flyers have signed 6-3, 187 lb free-agent defenseman Yevgeni Medvedev, according to general manager Ron Hextall.
Medvedev, 32 (8/27/1982), is a native of Chelyabinsk, Russia. He comes to North America for the first time after a long professional career in his home country. He has played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) since its inception in 2008 and spent three seasons prior to that playing in the KHL’s predecessor, the Russian Elite League.
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Was just announced today he terminated his KHL contract. First big name Russian to leave the KHL, perhaps more to follow. Been a fixture on the Russian olympic and international teams for ahile now.