Day by day Faceoff: Frank Seravalli on the Carolina Hurricanes’ top prospect, Alexander Nikishin, could possibly join the Hurricanes after his KHL season, and the way they used a performance bonus cushion.
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Steven Ellis: “Alexander Nikishin, out of the SKA St. Petersburgh, and he’s a Carolina Hurricanes prospect.
Seravalli: “Okay, so have something so as to add to that truly. I feel the Carolina Hurricanes try to bring him over at the tip of this KHL season.
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And when you noticed, they did something really interesting with their cap. They left a performance bonus cushion with a player that they signed. In order that they would have 1,000,000 dollars to spend in performance bonus that they may sign him to a contract before the trade deadline. That’s when he would must be, well, he’s on their reserve list already because he’s a draft pick, so he could sign after the deadline and still play within the playoffs. So I feel they’re already I
preparing for him to try and are available over.
Ellis: “I’m excited. I’m excited to see him. He’s going to be the true deal.
Seravalli: “So go, go, have a look at what Carolina did to start out their season. I don’t think anyone noticed that they ended up signing a player right toward the very end of camp, and I’m trying to seek out his name. That like, literally was like, nobody even lik, heard of this guy, and so they signed him to a deal that had extra performance bonuses in it, that folks were like, stunned. Like, what, where’d this come from?
And it was, I feel it was Bryce Montgomery. He got $1 million in performance bonuses. They signed him on October 6, the day before the season began, and nobody talked about it. Not mentioned anywhere.
And since they put them on their energetic roster for the primary day of the season, that extra million dollars provides them with performance bonus cushion, because they’re operating in LTIR with Jesper Fast neck surgery, and that’s going to be the cash for Nikishin.
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Yaremchuk: “I get it, but that also made my brain hurt a bit of bit. Interesting,
Seravalli: “Just, just throwing it on the market so like taking for what, take for what you’ll. They’re planning on having him this season and potentially being an NHL impact player for the playoffs.
