Confirmed with Link: Dronov Gets A Contract, Too (1 year, two-way $770K NHL/$70K AHL) annnnnnnd it's gone.

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Canes Agree To Terms With Dronov | Carolina Hurricanes

Defenseman has been assigned to Chicago

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[Boom Boom Apathy]

What a steal.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Nice, could see him getting some games

 

[SlavinAway]

What’s the story with Dronov? I must admit I don’t know anything about him.

 

[Unsustainable]

What’s the story with Dronov? I must admit I don’t know anything about him.

big Ruskie looking to make the nhl

 

[Caser]

What’s the story with Dronov? I must admit I don’t know anything about him.

A very talented and athletic D, who has picked a bit too much of injuries in the early stage of his career, which is why he went undrafted and didn't have a lot of NHL teams interested in him.

 

[EXTRAS]

Excited. Wish they had gotten him signed to a longer contract.

 

[barriers]

Excited. Wish they had gotten him signed to a longer contract.

It's his ELC, it had to be a 1-year/two-way contract.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

If he turns into a good one this will sting a bit for Arizona.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Excited. Wish they had gotten him signed to a longer contract.

I suspect that you would have preferred an EXTRA year or two?

 

[Lucky Lindy]

"Additionally, the Hurricanes have agreed to mutually part ways with defenseman Grigorii Dronov."

Well...

 

[Wolfpuck]

Grand opening. Grand closing.

 

[MinJaBen]

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

haha what

 

[Svechhammer]

lol just in case anyone missed it before

 

[MadeUpName]

Dronov probably got a NHL offer or guaranteed money elsewhere

Drury and Noesen are the forwards that weren't cut?

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Dronov probably got a NHL offer or guaranteed money elsewhere

Drury and Noesen are the forwards that weren't cut?

Yeah, he signed an NHL contract, so any offer he got couldn't have been from the NHL.

This made no sense to me from the beginning; why would a burgeoning KHL star take a 2-way contract? I didn't get it, and I still don't.

EDIT: it appears that I was incorrect, and apparently he hadn't actually signed a contract. Which means that another NHL team could have signed him. I guess we'll see.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Man had a Canes career shorter than Wisniewski. That's impressive.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Drury and Noesen are the forwards that weren't cut?

25 players left on the roster, which includes Pacioretty.

Forwards: 14
TT-Aho-Jarvis
Svech-KK-Necas
Kase-Staal-Fast
Martinook, Drury, Stastny, Stepan (PTO), Noesek

Defense: 8
Slavin-Burns
Skjei-Pesce
de Hann-Coghlan
Chatfield-Bear

Andersen
Raanta

Fitzgerald and Suzuki: Injured non-roster. Waiting for them to be healthy to send down.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

dronov wasnt going to a AHL team. Not surprised. Wouldnt be surprised if we hear the same from Stromwall too.

 

[Svechhammer]

 

[barriers]

Interesting development

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

The deal was predicated on him making the squad. CdH turned out to be healthy and beat out Dronov for the last spot. Dronov walks away with a chance to chase down Anaheim, Montreal, etc to see if he can get an NHL roster spot.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

The odd part for me is they announced the contract on the same day he was sent down/cut. If the contract was predicated on him making it, why announce it at basically the same time he didn't make it.

Maybe it's a case where the Canes and Dronov signed the contract and Carolina said "We won't file this until you've had a chance to look elsewhere. If you get an NHL offer or want to go back to Russia, we'll throw this in the trash. If not, we'll file it and there's a good chance you'll get called up during the season".

I'm sure the "not filing it" part is intentional.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

The odd part for me is they announced the contract on the same day he was sent down/cut. If the contract was predicated on him making it, why announce it at basically the same time he didn't make it.

Maybe it's a case where the Canes and Dronov signed the contract and Carolina said "We won't file this until you've had a chance to look elsewhere. If you get an NHL offer or want to go back to Russia, we'll throw this in the trash. If not, we'll file it and there's a good chance you'll get called up during the season".

I'm sure the "not filing it" part is intentional.

Yes, I suppose this makes sense, and it kinda fits with the way the Canes do business. Interesting.