Gusev takes less on a one year deal

Gusev can make just under $3 million in KHL, so at least have to top that.

My biggest concern right now quite honestly, is why hasn't Jimmy signed? I get the complexities with Goose and therefore the delays, but Jimmy should be locked up. It's not like he can fetch a big salary given his 1 whole game of NHL experience, so why the delay? We're allowed to go 10% over the cap all summer so it's not like our overspending is an issue right now.

Definitely concerned. I sure hope his agent is not misleading him.

And yes, I agree that Deryk can come in at the minimum $700K and get performance money to make up for the shortcomings in salary....lots of room there since Cody and Nic are the only ones getting any of the 7.5%.

pray tell how he can make that when they have a now installed hard team cap in the KHL of 9.25m, that is an equivalent cap hit of $26.43m in the NHL
He was making 1.2m and that was on a contract before they had a hard cap, why do you think he bolted over here?

I think the delay is that they are working around the edges as tight as they can, every 25k matters now

KHL has different system than NHL in that they are allowed a couple star players to be signed for an amount that doesn't count towards the cap. The highest paid KHL players make more than $3 million a year.