As has learned, there was an option in which the former San Jose striker Alexander Barabanov could return to St. Petersburg SKA .
On Thursday it became known that Barabanov had signed a two-year contract with Kazan.Ak Barsom “
According to , the forward decided to leave the NHL and was looking for a job in Russia. Through an agent, he asked for a contract worth 100 million rubles a year. But for SKA from his native St. Petersburg, he made a discount, asking for 80 million.
However, SKA considered this to be too high a price for Barabanov, especially since the option of Evgeny Kuznetsov had already arisen and it was not possible to place all candidates under the salary cap.
Barabanov won the Gagarin Cup twice as a member of SKA. In the NHL, the forward also played for Toronto. With the Russian team, Barabanov won the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.
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