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#Avs have signed UFA forward Artem Anisimov to a PTO.

Anisimov played with Ottawa last season where he had 2 goals and 7 assists in 19 games.https://t.co/pvGiy3MMwk https://t.co/1crdmOuv7d

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) September 8, 2021 It’s not technically Red Wings news, but since he’s worked out this summer with Red Wings and we’ve talked a bunch about potentially signing Anisimov, him getting a PTO with Colorado kind of puts a damper on that.

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