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Official

https://www.nhl.com/flames/news/flam...ov/c-319512310

The Calgary Flames announce today that they have signed defenseman Nikita Nesterov to a one-year contract with an AAV of $700,000.



TERM: One year

AAV: $700,000

Nesterov, a native of Chelyabinsk, Russia played last year with CSKA Moscow in the KHL. In 53 games, the defenseman scored seven goals and added 16 assists for 23 points along with 24 penalty minutes. He has 132 career NHL games with Tampa from 2014-17 and Montreal 2016-17. Nesterov had nine goals and 24 assists for 33 points and 81 penalty minutes during his 132 NHL regular season games and has an additional 28 playoff games where he scored a goal and added six assists for seven points.

Internationally, Nesterov represented Russia several times at all levels including captain of the gold medal winning team at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeonchang and was named to the 2016 World Cup team.