Relatively big news broke yesterday afternoon, as Vitali Kravtsov exercised his KHL out clause in his contract to return to the KHL. Yesterday was the first day that he was allowed to do so, and he wasted no time. As per usual, I have thoughts.
1. Given how quickly this happened, the Rangers knew this was going to happen well in advance. It shouldn’t be much of a surprise for anyone else either, as it was always a possibility for Kravtsov. It became much more probably after his healthy scratch and then being benched for large portions of other games.