There's also the ECHL option should he want to stick around once he comes to camp.I think it would be quite a stretch for Khazheyev to play in the AHL next season. He pretty much only played in the Russian Juniors so far.
I would think that he would end up staying in Russia and at a minimum playing at least one VHL/KHL season there. But at least now that he has an NHL entry level deal we can get the kid over here for NHL camp and allow him a chance to spend some time with our Russian contingent before he hopefully heads back to Russia for a full season as a 1A/B goalie in the VHL somewhere.