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Old 10-23-2020, 01:35 PM   #12
mrdonkey
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814 View Post
Really liking the emphasis on adding Russian talent over the last 18 months.

That country is too large and produces too many quality hockey players for the Flames to completely ignore them the way they have.

Who was the last Russian to play significant time here? I want to say Andrei Zyuzin.
I don't think the Flames have ignored them, they just haven't had a lot of luck enticing those players to come over. One of the challenges of being in a small western Canadian market.
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