Before SKA Arseniy Gritsyuk said he had agreed to reduce the club’s wages, but hopes that in a year the money will come back to him.
SKA St. Petersburg terminated the contract with Gritsyuk, after which they concluded a new agreement with him. The contract with the 23-year-old forward is for one season.
Earlier, reported that SKA would use the KHL rule to optimize the salary cap before signing Evgeny Kuznetsov. According to , Gritsyuk himself asked to lower his salary in order to win the Gagarin Cup in his possibly final season before leaving for New Jersey. In addition, he will earn more from personal and team bonuses if SKA wins the Gagarin Cup.
— Why did you accept a pay cut at SKA? It’s very unusual.
— It so happened that I asked for a salary revision. The option arose that Evgeny Kuznetsov would join our team. And so I reduced my staff. It’s good for the club. I hope that in a year this money will come back to me. Because some people think that I will leave for the NHL. And I would like to do that.
– How will this money be returned?
“I didn’t just give them away. God grant that we win the Gagarin Cup this year. We had a lot of reinforcements, a lot of experienced guys, guys from the NHL came. If we reach the trophy, I will be able to earn even more than if I received my initial salary,” the correspondent reports, reporting Gritsyuk’s words.
Last season, Gritsyuk played 60 matches for the St. Petersburg military team and scored 44 (23+21) points with a utility indicator of “+10”.
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