Found July 16, 2010 on Red Light District Hockey: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Over the last few years, Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League has been a ‘last resort’ for a handful of veteran players – specifically Russians. Sergei Fedorov, Sergei Zubov, Jiri Hudler, and Richard Zednik were some who made the jump to Russia in 2009.This summer has been no different, as Evgeni Nabokov, Slava Kozlov, and – most recently – Pavol Demitra have bolted for the KHL after not receiving the desired contracts on the open market in the NHL.Who will be the next to follow this slow, but steady, trickle of players overseas?As far as a timeline goes, it’s impossible to predict since this has been the slowest-to-act free agent market in recent memory. Everything seems to be at a standstill as a select few clubs wait out the Ilya Kovalchuk ‘saga’. I don’t see him ultimately going to the KHL (even though it’s been used as a threat/decoy); but there is a laundry list of NHLers that I wouldn’t be surprised to see go over to Russia by summer’s end.Two names that have been heavily rumor...
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