According to Larry Brooks of the New York Post, the New York Rangers are going to loan Vitali Kravtsov to Traktor Chelyabinsk of the KHL for the upcoming 2020-21 season. This will give Kravtsov a chance to get some ice time as the KHL has just started their preseason. Kravtsov was drafted ninth overall by the Rangers in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.
Brooks also reported that the decision to assign Kravtsov to KHL a collaborative effort with his agent and that he will play for Coach Gitiatulin, the same coach as he had in his draft year.