By Alessandro Seren Rosso

When the Washington Capitals selected Russian defenseman Dmitri Orlov in the second round (55th overall) of the 2009 draft, they knew they landed a promising player with lots of upside.

But even though the 19-year-old Orlov rejected an offer from Patrick Roy to play major junior for the Quebec Remparts last season – opting instead to spend a second year in the Kontinental League with Metallurg Novokuznetsk – he never hid his interest in joining the rich-in-Russians environment in Washington.


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