Early Thursday morning, SKA Saint Petersburg, one of the Kontinental Hockey League's premier organisations, announced its signing of the 34-year-old netminder to a four-year contract.
Nabokov makes the trip to the KHL after spending the last 13 years of his life in the San Jose Sharks organisation, forging a reputation as one of the NHL's elite backstops of the past decade, but also as one of the league's most disappointing underachievers come playoff time.
The Kazakhstan-born Russian won the Calder Trophy in 2001 as the league's top rookie performer, gained recognition on the NHL First All-Star team in 2008, was named a finalist for the  ...
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