Taffe back to Slovan; new contracts for Rundblad and Kruchinin

SKA signs new contracts with three players, Zalamay and Sukel make the cut.

SKA signed new one-year, two-way contracts with forwards Alexei Kruchinin and Maxim Karpov, and a new two-year, two-way deal with defenseman David Rundblad. The players’ previous contracts were dissolved on Tuesday.

Slovan signed a full-time, two-way, one-year deal with forward Matus Sukel and a one-way, one-year deal with forward Jeff Taffe.

Dinamo Minsk signed a full-time, two-way, one-year contract with defenseman Dmitry Zalamai.