{"id":807725,"date":"2026-08-09T08:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807725\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:34:09","slug":"evgeny-kuznetsov-to-remain-in-khl-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807725\/","title":{"rendered":"Evgeny Kuznetsov To Remain In KHL \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any rumors indicating that forward Evgeny Kuznetsov<\/a> could pursue another opportunity in the NHL have now been put to bed, at least for the next calendar year. According to multiple reports from Russia, Kuznetsov has signed a one-year deal with the KHL\u2019s Sibir Novosibirsk.<\/p>\n

In many ways, Kuznetsov\u2019s return to the KHL has followed a similar trajectory to his NHL career. He had a solid season in his first year back, scoring 12 goals and 37 points in 39 games for SKA St. Petersburg, with a +13 rating. He also added a goal and two assists in six postseason contests.<\/p>\n

Signing with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk last offseason, Kuznetsov eventually parted ways with them after registering one goal and nine points in 15 games. He finished the 2025-26 season with the Salavat Yulaev Ufa, scoring six goals and 18 points in 19 games. Despite a strong finish to the season, Kuznetsov\u2019s market did not develop, leading him to wait until now to sign his next contract. Simply put, regardless of his on-ice performance, teams didn\u2019t have much interest in adding Kuznetsov to the equation.<\/p>\n

Looking back on his NHL career, that\u2019s about how long it took for teams to lose interest in him. Kuznetsov last had a productive NHL season with the Washington Capitals during the 2022-23 campaign, finishing with 12 goals and 55 points in 82 games.<\/p>\n

The next season, it got off to a disappointing start with the Capitals, registering six goals and 17 points in 43 games. Eventually, after spending nearly a month in the NHL\/NHLPA Player Assistance Program, Washington traded Kuznetsov to the Carolina Hurricanes for a 2025 third-round pick. His on-ice production didn\u2019t get much better with the Hurricanes, and Kuznetsov departed for Russia the following summer after failing to attract much interest on the free agent market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Any rumors indicating that forward Evgeny Kuznetsov could pursue another opportunity in the NHL have now been put…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[5561,5564,385,99,6182],"class_list":["post-807725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-evgeny-kuznetsov","tag-khl","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-transactions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}