KANATA, Ontario — The Vadim Shipachyov situation appears to have a final resolution.
A source with knowledge of the situation said Saturday a tentative agreement has been worked out that will allow Shipachyov to retire from the NHL and play in Russia in the Kontinental Hockey League.
The paperwork probably will be completed by Monday.
The 30-year-old center played three games with the Knights and scored one goal. He returned to Russia on Thursday while negotiations took place between the Knights, the NHL, the NHL Players Association and Shipachyov’s agent, Petr Svoboda.
Shipachyov had been suspended without pay for a week after leaving the Chicago Wolves of the Amerian Hockey League without permission following his reassignment Oct.