By drafting more than one player from Russia, the hope is the players can have that sense of community when they come to play for Buffalo’s organization. In total, Adams has picked six Russians in the last two drafts. The Sabres have been mindful of that the last two years when Kevyn Adams and his staff have re-emphasized scouting and drafting Russian-born prospects. I think that’s why he ended up back there.” At the bottom, I think he kept looking for that Russian community that he could feel comfortable with. There was a reason he kept jumping around the NHL. “I always felt like he was searching for something. “Alex struggled,” said Nellie Drew, who worked as legal counsel for the Sabres during that time. He ended up playing for four different NHL teams before retiring and returning to his home country. But nothing about his transition to life in America and the NHL was simple.
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