Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The New York Rangers are trying to bring 2018 first-round draft pick Vitali Kravtsov to North America.
Kravtsov is still under KHL contract until April 30th but his KHL team has been eliminated from the playoffs last week.
If he were to get his release from the KHL, the Rangers may not want to sign him to his entry-level deal this season as it would burn a year.
An ATO is highly unlikely but it wouldn’t burn a year.
Aivis Kalnins: Statement from Traktor Chelyabinsk on their willingness to allow Kravtsov to join the Rangers.