As per SPECTOR:
LA PRESSE: Jean-Francois Begin and Marc Antoine Godin report agent Don Meehan reports client Alexander Perezhogin of the Montreal Canadiens has signed a two-year contract with Salavat Yulaev worth $1.7 million per season, far more than the Canadiens intend to offer him. Althought Perezhogin had complained last season other Habs players, notably Guilluame Latendresse, were getting preferential treatment, Meehan said he believes financial and perhaps family reasons factored into Perezhogin's decision to play in Russia.
Nord's GM Jamieson was noted as saying: "CRAP".