Confirmed with Link: Lightning sign Ilya Usau to 3 year Entry Level Contract

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Really like this signing, he was on a meh Minsk team that got swept by SKA but with a little development back in the US he could be a decent bottom 6 center. had a decent run in the WHL with Prince Albert putting up almost a point per game

 

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Looking at his elite prospects page, he spent his teens from 2015-2019 in the US, and had a verbal commitment to UConn in the NCAA before deciding to play in the WHL for 2019-2020. He's no stranger to N.A.

 

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From earlier this month:

On Monday, the NHL provided formal notice to Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League that they have suspended operation of their Memorandum of Understanding, officially severing communication between the two leagues as a result of Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine.

That will have an impact on the ability of NHL teams to quickly and efficiently sign KHL free agents. But teams remain permitted to do so, so long as they are free and clear of contractual obligations.

The NHL notified the KHL that it “will continue to respect existing and future KHL contracts,” though it will no longer have the ability to verify contractual status directly.

“We will have only limited contractual information regarding players who are currently or last played in the KHL,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote in the memo.

In order to sign a player from the KHL, the interested NHL team must inquire with Central Registry to inquire if the last information available from the KHL demonstrates that the player is on an expiring KHL contract, and teams must produce “independent written evidence demonstrating that the player is entirely free of any and all potentially conflicting contractual obligations in the KHL for 2022-23 and beyond.”

Usau was on an expiring contract. His season ended March 8th when SKA defeated Dinamo Minsk in the first round of the KHL playoffs

 

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From earlier this month:






Usau was on an expiring contract. His season ended March 8th when SKA defeated Dinamo Minsk in the first round of the KHL playoffs

This is old, but when Malkin came over in 2006:

In the absence of an agreement, the NHL has maintained that Russian labour law allows players there to quit with two weeks notice, freeing them to play elsewhere with no compensation due to their former clubs.

Judge rules in NHL's favour in Evgeni Malkin contract dispute

Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a Russian Super League team, claims that Malkin is under contract in his native country. The club sought a preliminary injunction that

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