well, dang. i would say it's a big coup that the Sharks managed to swipe SKA St. Petersburg's top goalie prospect, but then i remembered that they have Yaroslav Askarov, so i guess Melnichuk fell by the wayside (prolly also why they traded Pyotr Kochetkov to Vityaz).
also, bloody hell, the Sharks have a track record with signing European free agents.