Just posting for information — this article about Aliu is from February 2019; interestingly there is a quote from Craig Conroy about Aliu sending him some video of himself playing defence in the KHL. No mention of when that happened though as Aliu only spent one year in the KHL (in 2015/16) and has only had short stints everywhere else he’s played (by my quick math he’s played on 14 teams over the last 6 years and has only suited up for ~125 games in that span. Last stop was last year in the ECHL with Orlando.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...azing-big-read