Newsday’s Colin Stephenson is reporting that Pavel Buchnevich via his agent, and several other Rangers overseas are expected back next week. According to his report, we can expect Buchnevich back from Russia this Sunday.
Mika Zibanejad and other European Rangers
Mr. Stephenson also indicated all other European Rangers currently on the roster are expected back next week, ahead of the June 30th deadline for expiring visas. We reported on this potential issue that would impact both Jesper Fast and Alexandar Georgiev who have expiring contracts and thus expiring visas. Here’s a full roster list of overseas Rangers:
- Mika Zibanejad
- Henrik Lundqvist
- Pavel Buchnevich
- Kaapo Kakko
- Jesper Fast
- Alexandar Georgiev
- Filip Chytil
Jesper Fast UFA
Jesper Fast will become a UFA at the conclusion of this “season”.