Vitali Kravtsov’s KHL season is over following Traktor’s 4-3 loss to Avtomobilist on Monday which resulted in a 4-0 series sweep in the first round of the KHL playoffs. The result is not particularly surprising given that Avtomobilist were the top seed in the KHL’s Eastern Conference, though it is an appropriate ending to Traktor’s underwhelming season.
The Rangers and Kravtsov now have to decide what they want to do. It’s almost a foregone conclusion that the two parties will agree to an NHL contract ahead of the 2019-2020 season, but could the gifted Russian make the move to North America for the remainder of this NHL season?