Russians Courting Brashear?
by tuvanhillbilly on Apr 28, 2009 3:46 PM EDT
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[Quo Vadis, Don? I found this interesting news article in today's issue of Sovietsky Sport, and given what we know of the Caps' enforcer's recent language lessons, perhaps the feeling is mutual.]
The leadership of Vityaz Chekhov has decided to strengthen their line of tough-guys and is seriously considering the possibility of obtaining Donald Brashear, one of the most powerful in the entire history of the NHL.
The 37-year-old Brashear spent last year with the Washington Capitals, where he guarded Capitals stars Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin and Sergei Fedorov. In 63 games during the regular season the tough-guy racked up 4 (3+1) points and 121 PIMs. In four playoff games he has an even plus/minus, having spent 18 minutes in the penalty box.
Brashear has played in 1,049 career NHL games, having played for Montreal, Vancouver and Philadelphia, and has racked up 2, 682 penalty minutes.
Canadian Chris Simon, another elite NHL fighter, will also continue to play for Vityaz.
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Interesting.
Don’t forget that ex-Cap pugilist Darcy Verot has played two seasons for Vityaz, and racked up a gaudy 511 PIM for them in the Superleague in 2007-08.
Huge PIM numbers, even if every fight in the RSL was worth 15 minutes (5 for the fight plus a 10 minute misconduct), if I’m not mistaken.
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Beat me to it! They also have Nathan Perrott, who has put up some good PIM numbers himself. So Vityaz (“Knights”, btw) looks to be the Philly of the KHL?
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
by tuvanhillbilly on Apr 28, 2009 4:00 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, I thought I remembered Donald’s name and Vityaz Chekhov mentioned together once before.
"I tried to capture the spirit of the thing"
I remember reading somewhere that Brashear is learning the Russian language to better his communication with his teammates so this would make sense. Plus he just seems like the open-minded kind of guy that would try something like this out just for the hell of it; I probably would if I were him. Chris Simon did it so I wouldn’t be surprised if Brash did.
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