straka91*
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AHL lost some very entertaining fighters. Both to Vityaz.
http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2011...enforce_1.html
http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2011...enforce_1.html
Eric Beman, agent for former Syracuse Crunch brawler Jon Mirasty, confirmed Saturday that a deal which will send Mirasty to Chekhov Vityaz of the KHL is officially done. Beman said the deal is for one year, at a salary well above the $90,000 he made with Syracuse last year. The money is tax-free, plus Mirasty gets living expenses. The contract was offered to Mirasty via The Sports Corporation/Optima World Sports.
"It's a family decision,'' Beman said Saturday night. "He's 29. He's got a wife, a kid on the way in October. The money far exceeds anything he'd make in the American Hockey League. If he does well, when it's time to renegotiate his contract over there, he's going to make a lot more money. When you get an opportunity to get a foot in the door, you've got to take it.''
Beman said two AHL teams offered him deals but he did not identify them. He said fellow heavyweight Jeremy Yablonski, a long-time foe and friend of Mirasty, is also signing with that team.
"The two of them have talked about playing on the same team before they retire, and that will make the transition easier,'' Beman said.
Last season, that team dressed Chris Simon, Josh Gratton, Brandon Sugden and Darcy Verot. Beman said he thinks Verot is on a year-long suspension, Gratton and Simon were traded and I'm not sure what Sugden's plans are.