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July 21
Columbus Dispatch
 columnist Tom Reed
It's interesting to glance through the NHL draft lists of the 1980s and see how low some future Russian stars were selected. In 1989, Sergei Fedorov was the 74th overall pick of the Detroit Red Wings, and Pavel Bure went No. 113 to the Vancouver Canucks. The '89 draft was conducted months before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a time of political and philosophical transition, a period when Communism's red star was fading, but the idea of picking a Russian in the first round remained risky. In NHL circles, what's old is becoming new again. Forward Nikita Filatov, taken by the Blue Jackets with the sixth overall selection in last month's draft, could be the last of his kind for the foreseeable future.

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