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Zubov introduced by the KHL
A few comments from Sergei Zubov, provided by the KHL (more pictures here): "When I decided to play in the KHL for SKA, I hoped that I would play at the same level I did in the NHL. Now I thin...
Robert Esche, the supermarket goalie
Hey look, it's former NHL goaltender Robert Esche, pretending he's a goalie in a Russian supermarket! Huh? Oh here we go: The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has started production on a series o...
KHL approves Hudler contract
On the day Jiri Hudler is scheduled to have his arbitration hearing here in Toronto, the KHL released the following statement with the reasons it is approving his contract: Today, on the 30th of July...
How KHL clubs woo NHL free agents: Gerber signs a tax-free, rent-free contract
Those that have been paying close attention to free agency this summer have noted the NHL goalie carousel that has become Atlant Mytischi, the KHL team that Martin Gerber signed with yesterday and whi...
Gerber signs with KHL club
According to Russian publication Sovetsky Sport, netminder Martin Gerber has taken former teammate Ray Emery's old KHL job with Atlant Mytishchi on a one-year contract.You know, I think Gerber got a b...
Fedorov: 'I think my NHL career is finished'
Sergei Fedorov was officially unveiled today over in Moscow as a member of Metallurg Magnitogorsk, and offered these comments on playing in the KHL next season: "At this moment I can not express what...
KHL still eyes European expansion
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Kontinental Hockey League will expand to include clubs in central and western Europe. The Interfax news agency reported that Putin said the KH...
Hudler not lost yet
In his first public statement on the international dispute over Detroit forward Jiří Hudler, K.H.L. president Alexander Medvedev sounded a conciliatory note, saying on Thursday that the Russi...
The Kwiatkowski Situation (and how it relates to Hudler's jump to the KHL)
"After agreeing to terms on a contract with Joel Kwiatkowski, we learned that he had already committed to a team in the K.H.L.," said Atlanta general manager Don Waddell in response to an e-mail inq...
Niittymaki headed to KHL?
According to two sources, one in Russia and one in Finland, former Flyers netminder Antero Niittymaki has signed a preliminary contract in the KHL with the Atlant Moscow Oblast. He's essentially takin...
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