As part of its continuing policy of financial transparency, the Kontinental Hockey League has published the total payments made by each club to locked-out NHL players hired during the dispute. These payments were made in accordance with last September’s amendment to KHL Regulations governing the signing by KHL clubs of NHL players in the event of a lockout (KHL).
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|
Club
|
Payments to NHL Players (RUB)
|
Payments to NHL Players (USD*)
|
|
1
|
CSKA Moscow
|
326,103,907
|
10,100,692
|
|
2
|
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
|
254,172,855
|
7,872,711
|
|
3
|
Dynamo Moscow
|
237,028,402
|
7,340,155
|
|
4
|
SKA Saint Petersburg
|
233,767,622
|
7,238,649
|
|
5
|
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
|
72,517,935
|
2,245,529
|
|
6
|
Donbass Donetsk
|
62,539,206
|
1,936,491
|
|
7
|
Barys Astana
|
48,831,004
|
1,512,004
|
|
8
|
Lev Prague
|
48,585,000
|
1,504,387
|
|
9
|
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
|
38,593,152
|
1,195,052
|
|
10
|
Avangard Omsk Region
|
36,540,128
|
1,131,480
|
|
11
|
Dinamo Minsk
|
28,154,103
|
871,784
|
|
12
|
Atlant Moscow Region
|
24,833,257
|
768,959
|
|
13
|
Vityaz Chekhov
|
23,051,196
|
713,778
|
|
14
|
Ak Bars Kazan
|
19,930,462
|
617,221
|
|
15
|
Slovan Bratislava
|
9,319,282
|
288,606
|
|
16
|
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
|
8,377,198
|
259,588
|
|
17
|
Severstal Cherepovets
|
6,600,000
|
204,517
|
|
18
|
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
|
5,380,571
|
166,628
|
|
19
|
Dinamo Riga
|
4,076,129
|
126,246
|
|
|
Total
|
1 488,401,409
|
46,119,759
|
*At June 19 exchange rate of $1 = 32.283 RUB
The following clubs did not hire any NHL players during the lockout: Amur Khabarovsk, Metallurg Novokuznetsk, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, Sibir Novosibirsk, Spartak Moscow, Traktor Chelyabinsk and Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk.
