In KHL free agency news, left winger Wojtek Wolski announced he signed a two-year contract with Kunlun Red Star (China’s KHL team) on Thursday afternoon. This is noteworthy because Wolski is a former NHLer … and also because he was involved in an awful on-ice incident that left his neck broken a mere eight months earlier.
Yes, eight months.
While playing for the KHL’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk last October, Wolski dove for a loose puck during a game and crashed headfirst into the boards. He fractured two vertebrae and suffered spinal cord trauma (as well as a concussion) and would miss the rest of the season.