The Buffalo Sabres made a potential big addition to the 2023-24 lineup of the Rochester Americans on Friday, signing Russian defenseman Nikita Novikov to a three-year, entry-level contract.
The Sabres selected the 6-foot-3 Novikov in the sixth round of the 2021 draft at No. 188 overall. The 19-year-old played a career-high 62 games this season with Dynamo Moscow, registering two goals and three assists. He is a left-shot defenseman.
The Sabres said Novikov's 94 games in the KHL the last two years are fourth all-time among defensemen in the Russian league before the age of 20. His KHL contract has expired and he is free to turn pro in North America next season.
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Novikov is the seventh player the Sabres have signed from their 2021 draft class. Fellow Russian Aleksandr Kisakov, a second-rounder in '21, is playing this season in Rochester, but has been a scratch during the Amerks' Calder Cup playoff run.
Earlier this month, the Sabres signed 2022 third-rounder Viktor Neuchev to his entry-level deal. Neuchev, ticketed to join the Amerks' forward group this fall, had four goals and eight assists in the KHL this season after scoring 40 goals in 2021-22 in the Russian junior league.
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