 He spent the majority of the season playing at the junior level in Russia.With his CSKA junior team, Filatov played in 23 games, scoring 23 goals and providing 24 assists.Leading up to the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, the League's annual meeting at which the rights to amateur players are divided among teams, the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau ranked Filatov as the top European skater in their mid-term and final rankings.