Vancouver Canucks defenseman Nikita Tryamkin will suit up in the KHL next season for Yekaterinburg Automobilist, the Russian league announced Thursday.

Tryamkin played four seasons for Automobilist before joining the Canucks - who drafted him in the third round in 2014 - for a brief portion of the 2015-16 season.

The towering 22-year-old blue-liner finished the final year of his entry-level contract this season, and was due for restricted free agency.

This season, Tryamkin played 66 games for the last-place Canucks, recording two goals and seven assists.

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