Andrew Zadarnowski: A Russian business site is reporting that the Montreal Canadiens will be signing defenseman Alexander Romanov to an entry-level contract after April 30th. He won’t be signing a contract extension with CSKA. CSKA will retain his KHL rights.
Not easy for GM to extend players right now … Could players rollback salaries?
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet: Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion agreed with other GMs in that aside from signing players to entry-level contracts, getting new deals done is not easy.
Friedman wonders as part of the CBA talks between the NHL and NHLPA if they’d consider a lower salary cap with the players offering to rollback their salaries is they could get some type of escrow protection.