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Originally Posted by dammage79
Followed Valiev a bit while he was with the Leafs organization. Decent enough puck mover.
Good size. Not as offense oriented as one would like but I think this is just buying an extra farm year contractually for a similar player to Kulak.
Hey another Russian!
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Brad has quietly been adding Russians to our system for several years now - I like it
Russia is too big a country with too many hockey players for the Flames to simply ignore. Do I want them spending high picks on Russians, not really. Do I want them to grab a kid like Zavgorodny somewhere between the 5th and 7th each year? Hell yeah.
I'd much rather they do that than waste a pick on a lummox in the hopes that he becomes Chara.