Massive congrats to Ben, what an achievement.
I can only guess that this is based off his WC performance - in which case i fear for our own Ben Bowns, as KHL is the best in Europe & bowns/o'connor were outstanding.
We know Bowns is potentially looking to try it on the continent at some point, and if a DEL/SHL/Liiga/NLA offer comes along, who's to say that this isn't the year.
This is going to sound unjust, i wish O'Connor all the best, but in such a high calibre league I do think Sheffield will see him back at some point this season.