The 2019-20 season had a sense of the ‘will he, won’t he’s. Alexander Romanov increased his stock ever since the Montreal Canadiens called out his name on day two of the 2018 NHL Draft. He made the KHL as a teenager, was a star for Team Russia at the World Juniors and had the pleasure of being known as the best prospect outside of the NHL for some time.
Similarly to the NHL, the KHL halted things restarting the conversation of what Romanov is going to do. Marc Bergevin voiced his confidence in the defenceman coming over to the Montreal Canadiens and Eric Engel’s latest post on Sportsnet all but confirmed what is going on.