KHL teams can each break the bank for one player

[puckhead]

one Russian player will be designated to not count under the cap.
(I didn't know KHL had a cap)
meant to entice the boys back home from the NHL

so now teams can back the truck up for a Radulov / Semin type player.
will be interesting to see who (other than those two) takes advantage.

 

[puckhead]

@SlavaMalamud
1 more caveat on the KHL news. The player would have to be approved by national team coaches as "worthy" to be excluded from salary cap.


also:
Sources in Russia say that CSKA* is very likely to make a big play for Grigorenko. If true, this should plunge his draft stock..
(apparently Fedorov is set to become CSKA GM very shortly)

 

[pixburgher66]

This just seems wrong to me...the NHL can't be pleased with it, that's for sure. I understand pride of country and whatnot, but this just seems to be circumventing the agreement, right?

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

....sorry