IIHF steps between NHL and KHL, suspends contracts of 6 players pending investigation

Nashville Predators forward Alex Radulov was one of six players whose new NHL contracts were suspended by ice hockey's international governing body on Friday until the legality of the deals could be investigated. Radulov, under contract for another season with the Predators, signed a contract with a Russian team in the new Continental Hockey League (KHL). That deal seemingly would be in breach of a pact agreed to on July 10 between the KHL, the NHL, the NHL Players' Association, and international leagues in which contracts worldwide would be honored and respected. But the KHL contends the deal between Radulov and his KHL team was reached two days before the leagues agreed to obey existing contracts. "It's irrelevant whether there was an agreement or not, the man has a contract with an NHL club," NHL deputy commissioner Bill... [read full story]