vorky
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Rumor: Carolina Hurricanes offered 1 million USD to Spartak Moscow/KHL for D Nikishin
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Pretty sure NHL teams aren't allowed to buy out contracts of Russian players, no ?
If it was the case then the NHL would be involved.
Nikishin Go Boom
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Why not? there isnt anything to say they can incentivize a team to end a contract.
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Nikishin Go Boom
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no KHL agreement. NHL must honor all contracts by the KHL and wait until they are over to sign a player. Hence why they wanted Spartak to end it.
vorky
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The KHL has its own relationship with the NHL, hence that offer. It would be not possible under NHL TA as other European leagues have.
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I would love to see him in the NHL sooner than when his KHL deal is done. Obviously I've never seen him play live or anything but his current stats are insane
With no formal agreement but the KHL contract process involving the player buying their own way out of remaining years, this is an interesting topic to dive into. If there is no wrong-doing here in terms of contractual stuff, this could get weird.
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I was replying to the person talking about the European agreement and how it did not apply to Russia
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Habs Halifax
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There is no transfer agreement between the NHL and KHL and to be honest, I don't blame the KHL for not wanting to be part of it. So if the player does not have a NHL contract and his rights are not owned by any team, not sure if the NHL can block this. Not 100% sure but this would be between the Canes and the KHL team to come to agreement and the KHL team has final say on the player they have under contract.
The $1M would come out of the Canes pocket and not factored in the cap. It's no different than the Leafs spending $10M on their AHL club where other teams spend less.
Gaylord Q Tinkledink
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Nikishin is a canes prospect, so his rights are owned by them
Grand Admiral Thrawn
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What the?? They tried to buy out a player in the KHL?? What a bunch of jerks!!
Habs Halifax
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Ah, I wasn't aware of that. So this is about getting him to come over earlier.
Nikishin is going to terrorize the NHL. Can't wait to see him in a Canes jersey.
Classic Devil
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If they had succeeded, would/should this have implications for Nikishin's cap hit?
TheBigLetowski
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Unless he's traded in a package for Meier.
stokes84
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Honestly gross given the global geo-political issues.
Nikishin Go Boom
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cuz spartak or nikishin have anything to do with that?
stokes84
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Yes. It’s total war. Doing business with them helps alleviate pressure on their economic situation.
Nikishin Go Boom
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we dont even know when this offer occurred but yay for you injecting your superior morality
stokes84
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I am absolutely thrilled to say that I am morally superior to the Carolina Hurricanes management, who have actually proven that they really are a bunch of jerks.
Suntouchable13
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Should have offered 1 billion.
Seems weird to me that an NHL team would be allowed to send a million dollars to a KHL team so a player didn't have to spend their own money. Is this common practice? I'd think this should not be allowed.
