Yevgeni Artyukhin may move to NHL

Russian national team and SKA St. Petersburg forward Yevgeni Artyukhin has received a lucrative offer from a Canadian club playing in the NHL, according to Sport-Express.

The proposal includes a one-year contract with a net salary almost 50 percent higher than his current earnings in Russian. It should be also noted that Artyukhin has not signed a new contract with SKA yet, despite a tentative agreement reached earlier.