Saturday, December 30, 2006

Flyers try to catch Lightning in a bottle

The Philadelphia Flyers made a move on Saturday to put themselves over the top. Seriously though, they did claim 6-2, 210-pound forward Dmitry Afanasenkov from Tampa Bay on Saturday off waivers.

The Russian has three goals and three assists in 33 games this season with Tampa and netted nine goals with six assists last year.

"Dmitry is a well rounded player," said Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren in a release issued by the team. "He is a right-handed shot and can play any forward position. Due to our lack of right wings, we feel that he's a big plus for us. He's very smart defensively and has good skills."

Afanasenkov, 26, was a third-round pick by Tampa in 1998.

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