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, Columbus akagura ukama hwavo naFilatov, achimutengesa kuOttawa Senators mukutsinhana nekutora kwechitatu. Filatov akasiya mhuri yake iri pazororo muDominican Republic uye akabatana neSenators kumusasa wavo wekuvandudza paScotiabank Place muOttawa. Akaita maSenator kunze kwekambani yekudzidzira, asi aive akakosha kukwenya kakawanda, achigovana nguva yake neOttawa neBinghamton Senators yeAHL. MunaNovember 2011, "Ottawa Citizen's" Allen Panzeri akashuma kubva kune zvinyorwa muColumbus kuti Filatov akaramba kutamba chimiro cheBlue Jackets chakamukumbira, achiti kumudzidzisi wake, "Filly [Filatov] haaiti rebounds". Muna Zvita, maSenator akapa Filatov sarudzo yekutamba mwaka wese neCSKA Moscow yeKHL uye Filatov akabvuma. Mutungamiri mukuru weSenators Bryan Murray akataura kuti zvaive nani kuti akure sezvo Murray akanzwa kuti Filatov aifanira kushanda kuti ave akasimba uye kukwikwidza zvakaoma kuti aite muNHL. Murairidzi mukuru Paul MacLean akanzwa kutambura kwaFilatov muNHL kwakashamisa, achifunga kuti aive nemapoinzi gumi nemaviri mumitambo gumi nemashanu muAHL. Filatov pachake akataura kuti aifanira kupora. MacLean akanga achitarisira kuti Filatov angadai akagara uye akashanda pamutambo wake muBinghamton, asi Murray akatsanangura kuti zvaive zvinobatsira zvikuru kuti Filatov atambe muKHL kupfuura kuBinghamton, uye haana kuvhara kutengesa. Filatov haana kubvumirana pakarepo nemitemo neCSKA. Kwemazuva mashomanana zvaiita sokuti Filatov aisazonyora chibvumirano neCSKA, saka maSenator akamutumira kuBinghamton uye akatyisidzira kumumisa basa kuitira kuti amubvise mubhadharo weSenators. Musi waZvita 18, 2011, Filatov akabvuma chibvumirano neCSKA Moscow.