Sheldon Rempal appears set to head back overseas.<\/p>\n
The Washington Capitals placed the 30-year-old winger on waivers Thursday, likely so that a mutual contract termination can occur with Rempal garnering interest from multiple KHL teams.<\/p>\n
After not making the Caps out of training camp, Rempal was waived and sent to the AHL\u2019s Hershey Bears, where he has two points (1g, 1a) in four games.<\/p>\n
Everyone from yesterday cleared.<\/p>\n
Rempal (WASH) on waivers<\/p>\n
\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Rempal signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Capitals this past summer<\/a> after spending the 2024-25 season in the KHL with Salavat Yulaev Ufa. He impressed with the Caps during camp, with head coach Spencer Carbery even saying<\/a> that he \u201chad every argument to say that he could play in the NHL tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n In his first season in the KHL, Rempal recorded 61 points (31g, 30a) in 68 regular-season games \u2014 good for fourth in the league. In the playoffs, the Calgary, Alberta native led the entire league in scoring despite not advancing to the Gagarin Cup Finals, posting 21 points (8g, 13a) in 19 games.<\/p>\n Shortly after signing his recent NHL contract, reports out of Russia emerged<\/a> that Rempal had a wide range of suitors in the KHL, including Salavat Yulaev, Dynamo Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Traktor Chelyabinsk, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, and Ak Bars Kazan.<\/p>\n Traktor reportedly offered<\/a> him a salary of 150 million rubles per season ($1.84 million), including bonuses, which is over four times the $450k he would make if he spent the entire year in the AHL with the Bears. Russian reporter Arthur Khairullin recently listed Traktor as Rempal\u2019s most likely destination if he were to return to the KHL.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to my information, Canadian forward Sheldon Rempal may continue his career with Traktor,\u201d Khairullin posted on Telegram<\/a>, as translated via Google Translate.<\/p>\n Traktor already has two former Bears on their roster, winger Pierrick Dub\u00e9 and defenseman Logan Day.<\/p>\n Rempal\u2019s apparent departure makes the Bears even younger and inexperienced. He had been skating on the team\u2019s first line with top Capitals prospect Andrew Cristall and center Spencer Smallman.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t