The KHL is easily the second-best professional hockey league in the world. It’s not quite the NHL, but it’s still a high-caliber league. And a former New York Islanders player is currently near the top of the goal-scoring table. He’s second in fact.
Remember Nikolai Kulemin? He hasn’t been with the Islanders for four years now just in case you don’t. He’s in Russia now and killing it in the KHL this year with an incredible six goals in six games.
Former New York Islanders forward Nikolai Kulemin killing it in the KHL
After an injury-plagued 2020-21 season where he played 22 games for home-town club Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Kulemin moved to Salavat Ufa on a one-year deal.