Danny Briere and the Philadelphia Flyers have had a pretty solid offseason so far. Additions of Trevor Zegras and Christian Dvorak have bolstered the team up front, but the Flyers did miss out on one of their targets when Maxim Shabonov signed with the New York Islanders last week.
With one KHL free agent off the board, could the Flyers possibly turn to another Russian out of the KHL?
Longtime Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov had his contract with SKA St. Petersburg mutually terminated in April. We wrote about the possibility of the Flyers signing Kuznetsov back then, and while there would certainly be some risk involved, there are a few reasons why it could make sense for the Flyers.