Former Flyers goaltender and Big Bear Michael Leighton, whose contract with Sochi this year was voided after an illness kept him out of camp, has been signed to a one-year deal by the Blackhawks, ostensibly as a thank you for letting Patrick Kane slip the Stanley Cup beneath his pads.

Leighton spent last season with Donetsk, in the Ukraine, which, yes, is that place on the map where they shoot down passenger planes.

Leighton was unable to be reached for comment, but he’s said to still be making his way over to the right post. He’ll get there eventually.