National Hockey League (NHL) Chicago Blackhawks’ Russian defenseman Nikita Zaitsev may leave the team and return to Russia to play in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). This was reported by “Sports Express”.
The hockey player’s contract with the National Hockey League club expires on June 30. The main competitor of the player in the KHL is CSKA Moscow, for which he played from 2013 to 2016. It is noteworthy that it was from the army club that he went to the NHL.
Zaitsev was traded from the Ottawa Senators to Chicago. The 32-year-old defenseman scored 7 (2+5) points in 32 games for Chicago in the current NHL regular season. He previously played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Sibir.
Zaitsev won bronze medals twice at the world championships. He played for Krylia Sovetov, Sibir and CSKA Moscow teams in Russia. He signed a rookie contract with Toronto in May 2016, which he extended to seven years for $31.5 million in 2019. In the summer of that year, Toronto traded him to Ottawa, and his contract runs through the end of 2023. /24 seasons.
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Source: Gazeta
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