Details Revealed on Alexei Kolosov's Immediate Future with Flyers

There he was, on the ice at the Philadelphia Flyers training center on Friday morning. The elusive Alexei Kolosov is in town, strutting his stuff between the pipes for Flyers coaches, players and staff. 

A glovely save by Alexei Kolosov pic.twitter.com/xkqPtVTCIQ

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It sounds like Kolosov is giving this North America thing about six weeks to see what happens, according to a new revelation out of Philly. 

There have been conflicting reports on exactly how long the Russian goalkeeper will be here with the Flyers, and just what he's doing here, after all. This much we know: He wants an immediate NHL job, but the Flyers need to see if he's up to the task, first. 

The latest report on Friday comes to us from Flyers beat writer Anthony SanFilippo, who says he "decided to get to the bottom of the Alexei Kolosov situation for the Flyers. Looks like he’s here for six weeks for sure… but then what?"

An earlier unconfirmed report out of Russia was that the only reason Kolosov was flying to Philly was to take care of his contract termination with the Flyers, and then report back to Minsk in the KHL. SanFilippo scoffed at the report, and obviously, Kolosov's appearance on the ice Friday morning would certainly indicate that he has some intention of trying to win an NHL job.  

The 22-year-old goalie spent a short amount of time (two games played) with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL last spring, but he was extremely unhappy and seems to indicate that the only way he's staying in North America is if he's in the National Hockey League. 

His new agent, Dan Milstein, actually released a statement to NBCSportsPhilly on Thursday, saying "Alexei is enthusiastic about joining the Flyers for the upcoming training camp. All previous concerns have been thoroughly addressed and are now resolved."

But have they? SanFilippo says he's learned "that there are still some conversations to be had."

So Kolosov will battle it out with Samuel Ersson and Ivan Fedotov to see which two will land the coveted starter and backup roles. Kolosov may have to play some AHL games after all, to show his stuff in real games that count. 

The clock is running. Six weeks and counting.