Overview
- Montreal announced Friday that it signed Russian defenseman Bogdan Konyushkov to a two-year entry-level contract and arranged a loan that will keep him with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod for the 2026–27 KHL season.
- Sources report Torpedo terminated Konyushkov’s existing contract to permit the NHL signing, though those notices rely on translated club communications and are treated as reported rather than independently verified.
- Konyushkov brings established KHL experience — 263 regular-season games and 108 career points for Torpedo — and posted a 2025–26 breakout with seven goals and 38 points, ranking 12th among KHL defensemen in scoring.
- A third-party breakdown of the entry-level deal has circulated with year-by-year salary, signing bonus and performance bonus figures, but those financial details come from secondary reporting and are not official team releases.
- The contract timing means the loaned KHL season will serve as year one of his entry-level deal and most coverage projects Konyushkov will report to the Canadiens’ AHL affiliate, the Laval Rocket, for the 2027–28 season as he adjusts to North American play.