To borrow a line from the White House, “there’s no collusion” here. But, if you’re the Florida Panthers, talking with another Russian is a good thing.
After all, the Panthers had tremendous success last year when they signed winger Evgenii Dadonov from Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. “Daddy” became Florida’s fourth-leading scorer last year with 65 points, and he was second in goals with 28.
On Friday, the Panthers announced that they signed defenseman Bogdan Kiselevich, 28, to a one-year, one-way contract.
Kiselevich, who speaks a decent amount of English but lapsed into some Russian with his agents while speaking to the media on Friday, said coming to the NHL is a dream that has been nearly two decades in the making.