{"id":822327,"date":"2026-07-25T05:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/822327\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T05:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:13:11","slug":"ducks-rfa-vyacheslav-buteyets-signs-in-khl-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/822327\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks RFA Vyacheslav Buteyets Signs In KHL \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Anaheim\u2019s restricted free agents is taking a pass on re-signing with the Ducks.\u00a0 Instead, the KHL announced<\/a> today that goaltender Vyacheslav Buteyets<\/a> has signed a two-year deal with Traktor Chelyabinsk.\u00a0 However, that\u2019s not where Buteyets will play next season, as he has subsequently been loaned to Shanghai.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was a sixth-round pick by Anaheim back in 2022, going 178th overall.\u00a0 He stayed in Russia for two years after being drafted, playing in Traktor\u2019s system, primarily at the VHL level.\u00a0 They retained his rights when Buteyets signed his entry-level deal with Anaheim in 2024.<\/p>\n

The bulk of his rookie contract was spent in the minors.\u00a0 Last season, Buteyets played in 44 games with ECHL Tulsa, posting a 3.11 GAA with a .908 SV%.\u00a0 He also got into four games with AHL San Diego but his numbers weren\u2019t great in his brief stint, checking in at 4.29 and .865, respectively.\u00a0 When injuries struck, Buteyets received a short-term recall to the Ducks and got into one period of NHL action, making 10 saves on 13 shots.<\/p>\n

With playing time in San Diego unlikely for next season with prospect Damien Clara<\/a> being joined by one of Laurent Brossoit<\/a> or Ville Husso<\/a>, it\u2019s not surprising that Buteyets is opting to return home.\u00a0 Because Anaheim gave him a qualifying offer, they\u2019ll continue to hold his NHL rights through the 2028-29 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Anaheim\u2019s restricted free agents is taking a pass on re-signing with the Ducks.\u00a0 Instead, the KHL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[1419,64,63,981,575,85,206,396734],"class_list":["post-822327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-khl","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-transactions","tag-vyacheslav-buteyets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822327","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=822327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}