KHL
5 KHL Prospects Poised for Breakout Season
March 31st, 2017 Lately, every season the KHL sends a good number of players to the NHL. Some become stars, like Artemi Panarin or Alexander Radulov, others are less successful, like Sergei Plotnikov. But it's not just about free agents, although the Toronto Maple Leafs recently announced...
KHL Provides Vegas Alternative Roster Options
March 15th, 2017 The NHL is home to the best hockey players in the world, but the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is quickly becoming a viable source for talent outside of North America. An expansion franchise like the Vegas Golden Knights must become aggressive in their scouting of the KHL...
Andrey Makarov Finds New Life in China
February 26th, 2017 After leaving the Buffalo Sabres last year, not in a friendly fashion, goalkeeper Andrey Makarov signed a two-year deal with the new Chinese KHL team, Kunlun Red Star. In this translated interview, that originally appeared on the popular Russian website sovsport.ru,...
Could the Wild Look Abroad for Roster Help?
February 21st, 2017 We are now well into the NHL’s salary cap era where each of the 30 (soon to be 31) teams are constantly working on their own secret blueprints as they attempt to annually ice a competitive roster while staying below the league’s salary cap. We’ve seen teams...
5 Russians the Blackhawks Should Watch
February 12th, 2017 Artemi Panarin is one of the latest stars from Russia that has come over to the NHL to make a big splash. While Panarin may be the most recent for many Chicago Blackhawks, he has followed a long string of players that came before him. Russia has produced an abundance of...
Former Oilers Thriving in KHL
February 6th, 2017 The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is home to some of the best talents outside of North America. With their recent expansion across Europe and into Asia, the league is arguably the biggest hockey league in the world outside of the NHL. In what's considered the second best...
