The 19-year-old Varlamov was the 23rd overall pick a year ago. He played in the Russian Super League last season, going 15-7-6 with a 2.12 goals-against average.
Varlamov is attending the Capitals' summer development camp this week.
Chloe Primerano, a 15-year-old defender from the Burnaby Winter Club U-15 team, has become the first woman skater drafted to the CHL after getting selected 268th overall by the Vancouver Giants.
Good teams find a way to win, and so far, that's exactly what the Avalanche have done.
Canada is still perfect, Germany and USA earned shutouts and Czechia bounced back in a big way – and a fire spawned a lot of conversation – during Thursday's World Hockey Championship action in Finland.
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