Saturday, September 1, 2007

Taratukhin staying in Russia? Not so fast... - Updated

We've got conflicting reports of Taratukhin staying in Russia... I'll let you decide:

http://www.hcsalavat.ru/

"Had offer from Salavat, but I dream of Calgary"
http://www.russianprospects.com/public/article.php?article_id=530

I believe the latter, I know some of you don't know what he brings to the table but trust me. He will make the team opening night barring injury. He has all the intangibles.

Time will tell... he may very well have signed with Salavat but I'd be shocked if he wasn't in Calgary in a couple weeks for Camp.

Update: It seems that Andrei will be here but may have a deal in Russia as well if he has to play in the minors, which is understandable... With the chaos with his family last year, and being able to make more money in Russia than the AHL... However if he makes The Flames and is here for the majority of the year and is a key member of the team he should be in Calgary.

UPDATE:

Andrei is listed as a participant in this years Camp as seen HERE this was posted September 1st, just two days ago.

1 comment:

walkinvisible said...

i have to say that in prospect camp he looked about the furthest from unhappy that i could possibly imagine. he was definitely having fun out there, laughing and playing and staying out on the ice way past everyone else.

please please please attend rookie camp for me ???
it kills me but i don't think i'm gonna make it...