The real reason Evgeny Kuznetsov was able to sign overseas has been revealed
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Many people wondered just how longtime Washington Capitals forward Evgeny Kuznetsov was able to sign overseas, now we know just how it happened.
Evgeny Kuznetzov shocked the hockey world when he signed overseas earlier this off-season and joined SKA St. Petersburg, but how did SKA have the money to sign the long time NHL player? It turns out they had the money because a sacrifice was made by one of Kuznetsov's teammates.
According to James Nichols of New Jersey Hockey Now, Arseni Gritsyuk one of Kuznetsov's teammates took quite a significant pay cut in order for SKA to have the money.
There was an option that Kuznetsov would come to our team, Gritsyuk explained to Match.tv. «And it turned out that I agreed to a salary reduction. Probably, it is good for the club. And I hope that in a year it will come back to me. Because there are such thoughts that, perhaps, I will leave. And so that everything will work out normally.
Gritsyuk had to agree to a salary reduction in order to make the money work. In fact, in doing so, he left the equivalent of $500,000 USD on the table.
That is commitment. The fact that the KHL has a rule that you can terminate and restructure contracts to make the money work also helps, but leaving that amount of money on the table to have your team sign someone who should be a top player is the epitome of a �team first player'
Do you think the NHL should adopt something like this? I think it could add a layer of complexity to dressing rooms, but also, allow players to prove if they really value winning over money.
Source - New Jersey Hockey Now
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