Confirmed with Link: Nikita Novikov signs 3-year ELC

[CaliSabresfan24]

Dude is big. #91 in blue

 

[RefsIdeas]

I'm relatively high on Novikov, but from my viewing yesterday I saw a guy that's going to need to crank up the speed/agility significantly. Puck skills were of the "defensive defenseman" variety, shall we say.

IIRC, Samuelsson always looked bad at dev camp/scrimmages. Big defensive defenseman don’t typically look great in these kinds of environments.