Aube-Kubel, Katchouk and Ruzicka headline the latest moves. Top transfers

Dinamo Minsk adds Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Jake Bischoff, Traktor brings in Boris Katchouk, while Adam Ruzicka joins Avtomobilist. KHL.ru presents the top transfers from the latest period.

Calen Addison, D

From the Utica Comets (AHL) to the Shanghai Dragons

Calen Addison has joined the Shanghai Dragons after spending the 2025-2026 season with the Utica Comets. The 26-year-old defenseman recorded 31 (6+25) points in 65 AHL games, finishing among the team’s top-scoring defensemen. A second-round pick by Pittsburgh in 2018, Addison has also played 155 NHL career games, recording 51 points (6+45) with the Minnesota Wild and San Jose Sharks. He now moves overseas for the first time, joining the Dragons on a one-year contract.

Adam Ruzicka, F

From Spartak to Avtomobilist

Adam Ruzicka moves to Avtomobilist on a one-year deal after spending the 2025-2026 season with Spartak . The 27-year-old Slovak forward recorded 40 (16+24) points in 51 regular-season games, while also making his KHL All-Star Game debut. One year before, he had 45 (26+19) points in 65 appearances in the regular season, adding seven goals and five assists across 12 postseason games. A former NHL player with 117 games under his belt, Ruzicka also represented Slovakia at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, scoring two goals and three assists in six games as Slovakia finished fourth. He now moves to Yekaterinburg looking to continue his productive return to the KHL.

Boris Katchouk, F

From Lehigh Valley Phantoms (AHL) to Traktor

Boris Katchouk signed with Traktor after spending part of the 2025-2026 season with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. The 28-year-old Canadian forward recorded 25 (11+14) points in 46 AHL games across stints with Syracuse, Iowam, and Lehigh Valley, while also appearing in three NHL games for the Tampa Bay Lightning. A veteran of 184 NHL games, Katchouk brings plenty of physicality to Traktor’s lineup. The Chelyabinsk club had to acquire his KHL rights from HC Sochi before signing him. He is the second similar addition from North America this summer after Nathan Legare, another physical forward, joined Traktor from the New Jersey Devils organization.

Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, F

From the Iowa Wild (AHL) to Dinamo Minsk

Nicolas Aubé-Kubel transferred to Dinamo Minsk after playing 2025-2026 campaign in the AHL with the Iowa Wild. The 30-year-old Canadian forward recorded 37 (15+22) points in 62 AHL games, while also making six NHL appearances for Minnesota. A physical forward with 310 NHL games under his belt, Aubé-Kubel reached the pinnacle of his career in 2022, lifting the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche. He now brings his NHL experience and physical style to Minsk as he begins the first overseas chapter of his career.

Luka Profaca

From Neftekhimik to Dynamo Moscow

Dynamo Moscow acquired Luka Profaca from Neftekhimik in a trade that sent young defenseman Timur Kol and Belarusian blueliner Vladislav Yeryomenko the other way. The 24-year-old Croatian defenseman recorded 18 (3+15) points in 68 regular-season games for Neftekhimik in 2025-2026. A reliable two-way defenseman, Profaca has already played more than 100 KHL games and now gets an opportunity to take the next step with one of the League’s top clubs as the Blue-and-Whites will be looking for a deep run in the playoffs after changing head coach – now Leonids Tambijevs is leading the team.

Jake Bischoff

From the Shanghai Dragons to Dinamo Minsk

The American defenseman is moving to Dinamo Minsk after his first KHL season with the Shanghai Dragons. The 32-year-old blueliner recorded 9 (2+7) points in 52 regular-season games in 2025-2026. A former seventh-round NHL draft pick, Bischoff spent most of his career in the AHL, where he played 392 games, and also appeared in four NHL games with the Vegas Golden Knights. He now remains in the KHL with Dinamo Minsk, signing a one-year contract as the Belarusians are still building their roster after the offseason’s shuffle.

Matthew Maggio

From the Bridgeport Islanders (AHL) to Salavat Yulaev

Matthew Maggio is taking his first step overseas after more than three seasons with the Bridgeport Islanders. The 23-year-old forward recorded 33 (12+21) points in 63 AHL games in 2025-2026 and finished his Bridgeport tenure with 81 points (35+46) in 187 games. Selected by the New York Islanders in the fifth round of the 2022 NHL Draft, Maggio never made an NHL appearance. He has signed a one-year deal with Salavat Yulaev, where he will look to translate the scoring touch that made him one of the OHL’s top offensive players into the KHL. The Canadian will be Salavat Yulaev’s sixth import under contract in Ufa – perhaps the team will party with one of them.