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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
One question though guys, do we even own the rights to Karnaukhov and Rafikov anymore? I feel like they must be UFAs. Am I wrong?
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As I understand it, because they're playing in the KHL, and there's no transfer agreement between the KHL and NHL, they are considered "defected" players and the NHL doesn't acknowledge any of the games they play in the KHL. Basically, their clock has stopped ticking as far as the NHL is concerned.
Until either one shows any indication of a desire to actually play in the NHL, they're probably not worth including on these rankings, but I guess someone has to finish last.