Evander Kane signs with KHL’s Novosibirsk
It’s official: a former NHL sniper is heading overseas.
On Tuesday, the Kontinental Hockey League announced that former NHL winger Evander Kane has signed a one-year contract with HC Sibir Novosibirsk.
The deal is for the remainder of the 2026-27 season.
Kane signs with Sibir, even though multiple reports stated that he was receiving offers from teams on this side of the Atlantic. His agent, Dan Milstein, stated that Kane would be heading to the KHL during last week’s episode of DFO Rundown.
The 35-year-old moves to Russia after spending the 2025-26 season with the Vancouver Canucks. On a team that finished with the worst record in the NHL, Kane managed to score 13 goals and 18 assists for 31 points, finishing sixth on the team in scoring, while appearing in 71 games. It came after a rather successful four seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, where Kane’s physical play and scoring touch helped his team reach the Western Conference Finals three times, advancing to the Stanley Cup Final in 2024 and 2025.
In 1,001 regular-season games, which included stops with the Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks and Winnipeg Jets (formerly the Atlanta Thrashers), Kane potted 339 goals and 309 assists for 648 pints, with another 55 points in 97 postseason contests.
This won’t be the first time Kane has played in Russia. During the lockout that canceled half of the 2012-13 season, he signed with Dynamo Minsk, scoring two points in 12 games.
Sibir is 8-1-4-13 so far this season, sitting with the worst record in the KHL’s Eastern Conference and 20th in the league’s overall standings. While it’s not clear when Kane will make his debut, Novosibirsk is in action on Sunday, taking on Dynamo Moscow.
