CALGARY — Ivan Prosvetov didn’t think he’d get another shot in the NHL.
Nor was he necessarily looking for one.
But he sure found one in Calgary.
After playing small parts of four seasons with Arizona and Colorado, the 26-year-old netminder went back to Russia last season where he signed a three-year deal with his hometown CSKA.
Life was good, as he’d finally landed a successful starting gig on a storied franchise he’d grown up idolizing.
“Well, then there were trade talks,” said Prosvetov of a development that prompted him to get his agent to nix the final two seasons of a three-year deal.
“I didn’t want to get traded because it was probably only one of the teams I always wanted to be on. It’s my hometown and it’s CSKA. (Vladislav) Tretiak played for that team, (Boris) Mikhailov, (S