The Ottawa Senators have signed a former Toronto Maple Leafs forward to a professional tryout (PTO).

If you caught the news from Ottawa on Thursday, it likely caused many Toronto Maple Leafs fans to double-check and wonder, “He’s still playing?”

Nikolay (Nikolai) Kulemin, a former Maple Leafs forward and 30-goal scorer, signed a professional tryout (PTO) with the Senators, aiming to reignite his NHL career.

The Russian winger made his NHL debut with Toronto during the 2008-09 season, two years after being drafted in the second round of the 2006 NHL Draft. He had impressed during the 2006 World Junior Championship, where he tallied six points in four games. Following his selection at 44th overall, Kulemin returned to Russia to play for Magnitogorsk Metallurg, where he netted 48 goals over two seasons.

Kulemin’s North American debut came when he made the Leafs’ roster out of training camp. He quickly stood out, scoring the game-winning goal in his first match against the Detroit Red Wings, intercepting a neutral zone pass from Brett Lebda and finishing a breakaway against Chris Osgood.

Kulemin wrapped up his rookie season with 15 goals and 31 points. He built on this success, reaching a career-high 30-goal season in 2010-11, coming just two goals and seven points behind team leader Phil Kessel. However, Kulemin struggled to maintain that level of production, scoring only 23 goals combined over the next three seasons before departing in free agency after the 2013-14 season.

He then signed a four-year, $16.75 million deal with the New York Islanders, where he had moderate success, posting double-digit goals in two seasons, including a 15-goal year. For the past six seasons, Kulemin has been playing in the KHL, where he averaged over 13 goals per season in his last three years with Magnitogorsk and Ufa Salavat Yulaev.

Former Maple Leafs GM John Ferguson Jr., despite his faults, made a solid pick with Kulemin in the 2006 NHL Draft. Of the seven players drafted by Toronto that year, six went on to play at least 200 NHL games. Kulemin led that group with 669 games and 121 goals, followed by players like James Reimer, Jiri Tlusty, Viktor Stalberg, and Leo Komarov.