News Report
Blackhawks prospect Ivan Vishnevskiy has signed with Atlant of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League, the team announced Tuesday on its website. Vishnevskiy was acquired from the Atlanta Thrashers with a 2011 second-round pick for winger Andrew Ladd last summer when the salary cap forced general manager Stan Bowman to reshape the Hawks’ Stanley Cup-winning roster. The 23-year-old Russian defenseman’s entry-level contract expired after the 2010-11 season. He had five goals and 15 points in 46 games for the Rockford IceHogs. Vishnevskiy was the 27th overall pick in the 2006 draft by the Dallas Stars, playing in only five NHL games over two seasons. The Stars traded him and a 2010 fourth-round selection to the Thrashers for goalie Kari Lehtonen on Feb. 9, 2010. He never played for Thrashers, seeing time only with the Chicago Wolves (Atlanta’s American Hockey League affiliate).
Patty B Thoughts:
Ivan Vishnevskiy, who was a promising prospect, has decided to leave the NHL and sign in Russia. At 23 years old he had only played 5 NHL games which leads me to believe that he had enough of the long bus rides and little pay associated with the AHL and decided to get a nice pay-check in his home country. He was a 1st round draft pick by the Stars back in 2006 and was very highly regarded, but for now at least, it looks as though his NHL career is over before it really began.
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