Rangers first-round pick Vitali Kravtsov has signed a one-year contract with HC Traktor of the KHL.
Kravtsov, Shestyorkin, and Rykov are all out of KHL contract after 2018/19 and they play their final regular-season game against each other on February 22. #NYR
— Alex Nunn (@aj_ranger) July 9, 2018
There had been questions about whether or not the 18-year-old forward would remain in North America at the start of the 2018-19 season, allowing him to get used to the professional game stateside. But the reigning KHL rookie of the year will head back home to continue his development.