Heading into his 13th pro season, veteran center Max Talbot(25) probably didn’t expect any suitors for his dogged, hard working game, so likely put out the feelers elsewhere and came back with a one-year deal from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
His style may just work well in the KHL and he may even continue an odd sidebar trend of his playing career.
Each time he’s started up with a new team, he’s enjoyed a scoring surge.
The freakish occurrence started in his first complete year with draft team (8th round of 2002, #234 overall) Pittsburgh Penguins.
He scored a then career high 13 goals in 2006/2007.
Six seasons later, after signing a multi-year deal with Philadelphia Flyers he posted marks that remain tops for him at 19 goals, 15 assists for 34 points.
It would happen one more time after being traded to Colorado Avalanche early in 2012/2013, he would record a new best 19 assists in a campaign.
Of course, it didn’t happen with his most recent NHL team, Boston Bruins, who dealt for him late in 2014/2015, then re-upped for another run.
The 32-year old has a long list of other on-ice accomplishments as his wiki outlines in terrific detail but there’s no reason to doubt he may just be getting started with dropping his skates elsewhere.