Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 2011 NHL Entry Draft
, Columbus ya yanke alaƙar su da Filatov, ya yi musayar sa zuwa Ottawa Senators don musayar zagaye na uku. Filatov ya bar danginsa suna hutu a Jamhuriyar Dominica kuma ya shiga Majalisar Dattawa don sansanin ci gaban su a Scotiabank Place a Ottawa. Ya sanya Sanatocin daga sansanin horo, amma ya kasance mai kyau sau da yawa, ya raba lokacinsa tare da Ottawa da Binghamton Senators na AHL. A watan Nuwambar 2011, Allen Panzeri na "Ottawa Citizen" ya ruwaito daga majiyoyi a Columbus cewa Filatov ya ƙi yin wasa da salon da Blue Jackets suka nema daga gare shi, yana gaya wa kocinsa, "Filly [Filatov] ba ya yin rebounds". A watan Disamba, Sanatocin sun ba Filatov damar zaɓar wasa sauran kakar tare da CSKA Moscow na KHL kuma Filatov ya yarda. Babban manajan majalisar dattijai Bryan Murray ya ba da shawarar cewa ya fi kyau ga ci gabansa kamar yadda Murray ya ji cewa Filatov yana buƙatar yin aiki don zama mai ƙarfi da gasa da wuya don yin shi a cikin NHL. Babban kocin Paul MacLean ya ji gwagwarmayar Filatov a cikin NHL abin mamaki ne, la'akari da cewa yana da maki 12 a wasanni 15 a AHL. Filatov da kansa ya bayyana cewa dole ne ya sami lafiya. MacLean ya yi fatan cewa Filatov zai zauna kuma ya yi aiki a kan wasan a Binghamton, amma Murray ya bayyana cewa ya fi dacewa da Filatov ya yi wasa a KHL fiye da Binghamton, kuma bai hana canja wuri ba. Filatov bai yarda da yarjejeniya tare da CSKA ba. A cikin 'yan kwanaki ya bayyana cewa Filatov ba zai sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da CSKA ba, don haka Sanatocin sun sanya shi Binghamton kuma sun yi barazanar dakatar da shi don cire shi daga iyakar albashin Sanatocin. A ranar 18 ga Disamba, 2011, Filatov ya amince da kwangila tare da CSKA Moscow.