{"id":649366,"date":"2026-05-04T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649366\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:35:08","slug":"ivanov-wallmark-palmu-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649366\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivanov, Wallmark, Palmu \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Columbus Blue Jackets are hoping to sign netminder Sergei Ivanov<\/a> away from the KHL this summer, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reported today<\/a>. Ivanov\u2019s contract with KHL side SKA St. Petersburg is set to expire at the end of the month, and according to Portzline, \u201cthe plan is\u201d for Ivanov to spend next season with the AHL\u2019s Cleveland Monsters, assuming Columbus can secure his signature on an entry-level contract.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old goalie was a fifth-round pick, No. 138 overall, at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. He broke into Russia\u2019s top pro league at the age of 20, when he posted a .928 save percentage in 33 games for Admiral Vladivostok. The following campaign, he got into 38 games for HC Sochi and posted a .911 save percentage. This past year, he played 29 games for SKA and had a .928 save percentage. He was recently ranked as the No. 4 prospect in the Blue Jackets\u2019 system by Scott Wheeler, also of The Athletic<\/a>. In the past, some Russian prospects have shown an aversion to developing in the AHL<\/a> \u2013 many would rather remain closer to home unless they get the chance to play in the NHL. The Blue Jackets appear to believe that is not the case with Ivanov, who after three years in the KHL, could be headed to North America.<\/p>\n

Other notes from around the hockey world:<\/p>\n

Former Carolina Hurricanes forward Lucas Wallmark<\/a> has signed a six-year contract to join the SHL\u2019s IF Bj\u00f6rkl\u00f6ven, the team announced today<\/a>. Contracts of such a length are not as common overseas as they are in North America, making this signing notable. The 30-year-old has not played in the SHL since 2016, which came before the half-decade he spent in North America. Wallmark\u2019s best season came in 2018-19, when he scored 28 points in the regular season and five in the playoffs for a Hurricanes team that reached the Eastern Conference Final. He spent 2025-26 with HC Fribourg-Gott\u00e9ron of the Swiss National League, and had a stellar playoff run. His 14 points in 19 postseason contests helped his club win its first Swiss championship in franchise history.
\nFormer Vancouver Canucks prospect Petrus Palmu<\/a> has signed a one-year contract with Liiga\u2019s SaiPa, according to a team announcement<\/a>. The 2017 sixth-round pick spent the last two years with HIFK Helsinki, scoring seven goals and 25 points in 49 games in 2025-26. Once a top OHL scorer and Liiga MVP, Palmu\u2019s star has faded over the last few years compared to where it was before. The 28-year-old will receive a new opportunity with SaiPa, a club that won the league in 2024-25 and the league\u2019s bronze medal this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Columbus Blue Jackets are hoping to sign netminder Sergei Ivanov away from the KHL this summer, Aaron…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,3936,314152,575,5193,85],"class_list":["post-649366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-columbus-blue-jackets","tag-lucas-wallmark","tag-nhl","tag-shl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}