- Alexandar Georgiev terminated his KHL contract with Spartak Moscow with a year still left on it
- His agent says the goal is a return to the NHL next season
- Read below for the agent’s full comments and where Georgiev fits in this summer’s goalie market
Alexandar Georgiev wants back in the NHL.
The veteran goaltender requested and was granted his release from KHL club Spartak Moscow, walking away from a deal that still had a year left. He only signed there last fall, after asking out of his contract with the Buffalo Sabres.
Agent Stanislav Romanov was asked where his client goes from here.
“The goal is to return to the NHL. Alexandar expressed the desire to try himself in the NHL again. There was such an agreement.”
Here’s the report out of Russia:
Georgiev’s path to Spartak was a fast one. He signed a one-year, $850K deal with Buffalo days before training camp, cleared waivers, and terminated the contract after just two appearances with AHL Rochester.
Elliotte Friedman had the waiver news back in the fall:
Production was not the problem over there. Georgiev put up a 2.37 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage in 24 games for Spartak, right around the middle of the pack for KHL starters.
His NHL résumé runs deeper. Georgiev broke in with the Rangers as a promising young backup, then earned a starter’s job in Colorado. The first season went great. The ones after it slid, and the Avalanche dealt him to San Jose during 2024-25.
Getting back is the hard part. This summer’s free agent goalie market is headlined by Sergei Bobrovsky and Stuart Skinner, and most of the rest look like backups.
A year ago, that market made Georgiev wait into September before he took a two-way deal. A .918 in the KHL probably is not enough to flip the answer this time.
