Bryzgalov earned a lot of attention for his appearance in the first episode of 24/7: Road to the Winter Classic in which he famously describes the Solar System as "humongous big" while explaining the absurdity of human problems in comparison to the enormousness of the universe, which is similar to the views expressed by Carl Sagan about the Pale Blue Dot picture.
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Bryzgalov started his professional career in his native Russia, splitting the 1999–2000 season between Spartak Moscow of the Russian Supreme League (RSL-2) and Lada Togliatti of the Russian Superleague (RSL).
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