khl Stories - SB Nation
The declining influence of Russia and Central Europe in the NHL draft
Following up on this post breaking down the 2009 draft by nationality, here's a glance at the make up of players selected in the NHL draft in the 30-team era: Two pretty obvious trends there, just ov...
Rumours from Russia: The Fight for Shirokov
A few tidbits from the KHL side of things from the weekend: Russian winger Sergei Shirokov is the talk of Canucks circles these days after he signed a two-year two-way contract with Vancouver for a s...
Rumours from Russia: Don Cherry doesn't translate well
Some tidbits from the KHL media today: Viktor Kozlov has officially signed with Salavat Yulaev on a three-year contract. Love this quote from head coach Slava Bykov: "Kozlov – great unive...
Rumours from Russia: Emery's team confirms he may leave
A few more small news tidbits from the KHL (these seem to be popular): Atlant Mytyschi GM Leonid Vaisfeld offered his thoughts on the situation involving netminder Ray Emery, who has been rumoured to...
Rumours from Russia: Nikulin rejects Thrashers
A couple small news tidbits from Mother Russia today as the KHL's free-agent season continues: Former Rangers/Coyotes defenceman, Dmitri Kalinin, who is about to become an unrestricted free agent, h...
KHL teams could get the boot
The question of the future participation of the Khimik and Vityaz hockey clubs in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) will be considered following the KHL Board of Director’s review of settl...
Score one for the KHL ad dept.
NHL.com's got it's latest promo graphic up for the Stanley Cup finals, a good little faceoff between Zetterberg and Captain Crosby in anticipation for Saturday's big game: It's not bad, certainly, ...
Rumours from Russia: Radulov staying in KHL
More tidbits from news sources and journalists in Mother Russia as the KHL's free agency season hits high gear. And there's some bad news for Predators fans: According to Sport Express, Alexander R...
KHL salaries slashed in redraft
The Russian league's version of the Stanley Cup, the Gagarin, is in the books as of early April, and the KHL has since turned its gaze to the financials in what are incredibly challenging economic t...
Jagr confirms Oilers talks took place
Normally I just excerpt these things, but this whole press release is worth a read. Here it is, straight from the KHL as of a few minutes ago (they must be working late tonight): Avangard Omsk wi...
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
