One of the Lightning's top prospects was playing for Moscow Dynamo of the KHL the past season. LW Johan Harju had excelled in the Swedish Elite League before jumping to the KHL this fall.
The Bolts had attempted to sign Harju and bring him to North America during the summer of 2009.
Radek Smolenak's bolting the Bolts for Russia seems to have hit a snag. He was released by his KHL team during the KHL pre-season. What Radek's next move is remains unknown, as well as if he has the option to returning to North America for the 2009-10 season...
In intercontinental transaction news, Timothy at Bolt Prospects has a rough translation from an interview of Radek Smolenak, who jumped to the Kontinental Hockey League last month.
