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    Nikita Zaitsev

    NikitaZaitsev

    • Defense
    • Birthdate
      29/10/1991
    • Birthplace
      Moscow, USSR

    Stats

    • G
      22
    • A
      96
    • PTS
      118
    • +/-
      -54
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      • Blackhawks will not wear Pride-themed jerseys
        • 3Y
        Blackhawks will not wear Pride-themed jerseys
        • Blackhawks add Zaitsev, more picks in Sens deal
          • 3Y
          • Emily Kaplan
          Blackhawks add Zaitsev, more picks in Sens deal
          • Senators add 3 more to COVID list; 9 players total
            • 4Y
            Senators add 3 more to COVID list; 9 players total
            • Leafs grant Zaitsev trade wish with deal to Sens
              • 2Y
              Nikita Zaitsev
              • Maple Leafs defenseman Zaitsev asks for trade
                • 7Y
                Nikita Zaitsev
                • Leafs ink D Zaitsev to 7-year, $31.5M deal
                  • 9Y
                  Nikita Zaitsev
                  • Zaitsev returns to Leafs in Game 3 OT victory
                    • 9Y
                    • Pierre LeBrun
                    Nikita Zaitsev
                    • Leafs goalie Andersen back for Game 1 vs. Caps
                      • 9Y
                      Leafs goalie Andersen back for Game 1 vs. Caps
                      • Zaitsev focused on Leafs, not KHL or Olympics
                        • 9Y
                        • Pierre LeBrun
                        Nikita Zaitsev
                        • Russian Federation: Play in KHL, then Olympics
                          • 9Y
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                        PWHL to nix expansion draft with eye on four new teams joining

                        PWHL to nix expansion draft with eye on four new teams joining

                        The PWHL is revamping its expansion rules, including the elimination of an expansion player draft, in preparing to add as many as four markets for next season.
                        How long since a player won a Stanley Cup, NHL award in the same year?

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                        PWHL adding expansion franchise in Detroit

                        PWHL adding expansion franchise in Detroit

                        Women's professional hockey is coming to Hockeytown, with the PWHL on Wednesday designating Detroit as the first of what could become four expansion markets for next season.
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