Solovyov for Puustinen Deal: A Win-Win for Colorado and Pittsburgh
In a strategic swap, the Avalanche and Penguins exchanged depth for opportunity, giving Colorado a versatile winger and Pittsburgh a chance to develop a promising defenseman on a rebuilding roster.
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Then Chris McFarland called me in the next few minutes.
And said, "Hey, Ilya, it's Chris."
Yeah.
I picked you up on the waiver, so we're glad to see you on our team.
You know, All this stuff, and he said how he sees me on the team.
Like, I've got to be physical, fast, and, like, safety pocket me.
So, and, yeah, then he said, I try to figure out everything as soon as possible, and then you can jump in.
Our team."
A few hours later, they called me back and said, Like, "Hey, Ilya, the plane is tomorrow, so at 1:00 PM."
So, like, you gotta pick up your stuff and go to Colorado.
Don't miss it!
Flight, basically?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So yeah, I leave my family back in Calgary for a bit.
So it's almost two weeks right now.
And, uh, Yeah, you know, we have a house over there, so we're not able to jump in.
Like, right away, to... And not to clean everything.
So, we've got to call the moving company to pick up our stuff.
Like, you know, we got a bed, a lot of kids' stuff, so.
Like, not able to manage right away.
And, uh, Yeah, now we try to figure out everything, uh, yeah.
That's probably... That's, that's all I got, bye.
Picking up.
So, like, next day, I'm flying to Colorado.
Next day, I'm skating by myself.
