SUNRISE, Fla. — Alex Burmistrov has a big fan in high places with the Winnipeg Jets.
Jets head coach Paul Maurice spoke about the Russian centre in a chat with the media at the NHL draft Saturday, during a week in which his return to the Jets might be inching closer.
Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff spoke with Burmistrov’s agent, Mike Liut, face-to-face in Florida.
Burmistrov bolted from the Jets after the 2012-13 season, heading to Kazan Ak-Bars in the KHL after a well-publicized battle with then-coach Claude Noel. Maurice met with Burmistrov at last year’s world championship to feel out the former first-round pick of the Atlanta Thrashers (eighth overall in 2010).