You do not seem to understand that KHL is free for all league when it comes every single contract. The highest bidder gets the player as money speaks. All Northern American leagues work under huge restrictions, controlling player rights as they were slaves. If both Edmonton Oilers and SKA were in the KHL between 2014-2018, Connor McDavid would play with Koskinen in SKA, with Talbot and Jakupov starring for the Oilers.
KHL is therefore organized in a pyramid as all are Eurasian leagues. Koskinen stood at the absolute top of this pyramid of ranking for years. He was already paid NHL salary through his play. To muddle the contract situation from Koskinen's (and rest of the world) point of view is to throw away years of evidence. I can understand why you do that. But I do not understand how it helps your understanding of ice hockey, the game or player evaluation. You have much to learn.
The situation would be far more alarming if the Oilers as a whole worked under the logic that Koskinen did not exist before this season hence he cannot remain to be the first choice goaltender of Oilers because NHL is some mysterious land and not a league in which world class goaltending coaches such as Jussi Parkkila (who created Rask and Bobrovski), wonder why aren't they allowed to train freely. NHLPA, unlike anywhere else, restricts the daily training time that a goaltending coach has with his goalies.
