KHL considers going after NHLers again

[fzusher]

http://news.sport-express.ru/online/.../nl253941.html

If you recall, earlier this summer, after the tentative no-poaching agreement arrived at in Zurich fell apart over disagreement on whether it applied to the Radulov signing, the KHL has decided on a self-imposed ban on making offers to players with NHL contracts and had recently extended it \'until the next time an NHL team signs a player with a KHL contract\'.

Well, according to Medvedev (KHL president) in an interview during a match yesterday, Voinov and Loktionov have KHL contracts, so their recent signing by LA violates the Zurich agreement.
As a result, according to Medvedev, KHL teams should now view themselves as free to agree to terms with players with NHL contracts.
However, he recommends that KHL teams refrain from doing this until after a Sept. 6th meeting Medvedev has scheduled for consultations with the heads of the IIHF.

On a funnier note, the large part of the interview, which i didn\'t even bother reading in full, had to do with the KHL\'s first ever waiver draft, which took place the day before, and in which no player was taken by any team :S

[Shao]

So Medvedev is trying to look like the good guy here?

Or trying to protect his assets.

No matter what, the rat Bettman always ends up looking bad.

[ether]

Do you guys know if contracts in the KHL are guaranteed like the NHL or non-guaranteed like the NFL?

*edit

Also, what about Mayorov? Does anyone know if he currently has KHL contract?

[fzusher]

As of this year contracts in Russia are guaranteed, one of the changes they introduced in switching to the KHL.