LegionOfDoom91
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Wasn't Vasiliev the guy that the Flyers wanted to bring here but he had to stay in Russia because his wife was pregnant and refused to leave home and he ultimately chose family over hockey career?
One of two almost forgotten D prospects along with Fredrick Larsson who couldn't put on any weight because some strange food allergy, or similar.
You're thinking of Denis Bodrov who was a second rounder in 2006. He came over & played 17 games in the AHL before going back to Russia to play in the KHL for reasons you stated.
Vasiliev was a seventh rounder in the 2012 draft. The Flyers haven't had any interest in bringing him over as he hasn't really played a whole lot since being drafted to make progress. He's played 35, 11, & 23 KHL games in essentially a spare defensemen role the past three seasons.