The Miami-based agent represents three existing Vancouver Canucks: Ilya Mikheyev, Andrei Kuzmenko and Nikita Zadorov.
Another of his clients, American forward Sasha Chmelevski, is now on the Canucks’ radar. Chmelevski is in the middle of the season in the KHL.
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The Canucks are one of several who have inquired about Milstein.
NHL insider Kevin Weekes was the first to reveal Saturday that while the San Jose Sharks still own his NHL rights, the Sharks told Milstein he could talk to other NHL groups about getting the talented striker.
The 24-year-old, born in California to parents who emigrated from the former Soviet Union, played elite minor hockey in Detroit’s domain before betting on OHL with Sarnia Sting and the Ottawa 67’s.
He was selected in the sixth round of the 2017 draft by way of the San Jose Sharks. He joined the Sharks organization in 2019 and has been a standout scorer in the AHL, also appearing in 24 NHL games in his career. He had 10 assists in those games, spread across the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
But he didn’t like the contract offered to him by the Sharks ahead of the 2022-23 season and signed a two-year contract with Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the KHL.
Now, though, he is ready to return to North America after two strong KHL seasons.
He scored 48 goals in 67 games last season and has 43 goals, 21 goals, in 49 games this season for Ufa, which has long been a powerhouse in the KHL.
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