for a two-year contract worth $7.05 million. Through a lackluster season, the Canadiens placed Samsonov on waivers in February 2007, and traded him to the Chicago Blackhawks for Jassen Cullimore and Tony Salmelainen in June 2007. On January 3, 2008, the Blackhawks assigned Samsonov to the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL) after he cleared waivers. On January 8, 2008, the Carolina Hurricanes claimed Samsonov off re-entry waivers. He recorded his first point as a Hurricane on January 12, 2008, against the Colorado Avalanche and scored his first goal three days later in a three-point game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. On April 16, 2008, the Hurricanes announced that they had reached an agreement with Samsonov for a three-year contract worth $7.6 million. The deal paid Samsonov $2.3 million in 2008–09, $2.5 million in 2009–10 and $2.8 million in 2010–11. At the 2011 trade deadline, Samsonov was traded to the Florida Panthers, where he played 20 games. In 2014 Samsonov became a scout for the Carolina Hurricanes and in 2017 they hired him to train their forwards. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International References External links 1978 births Living people Boston Bruins draft picks Boston Bruins players Calder Trophy winners Carolina Hurricanes coaches Carolina Hurricanes players Carolina Hurricanes scouts Chicago Blackhawks players Detroit Vipers players Edmonton Oilers players Florida Panthers players HC CSKA Moscow players HC Dynamo Moscow players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Montreal Canadiens players National Hockey League All-Stars National Hockey League first-round draft picks Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic ice hockey players of Russia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players Russian ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey people from Moscow