On Sunday, the Philadelphia Flyers received an important update regarding top KHL free agent Maxim Shabanov and his journey to the NHL.
Shabanov, 24, has officially chosen Quartexx Hockey as his North American representation, which will now allow him to negotiate and sign with the Flyers or other NHL teams come July 1.
Notably, Quartexx serves as the representation for Flyers players such as Nick Deslauriers, Oliver Bonk, Elliot Desnoyers, Anthony Richard, Jacob Gaucher, and Ben Gleason, as well as former Flyers Victor Mete and Morgan Frost.
Quartexx also represents New York Islanders forward Maxim Tsyplakov; the Islanders are one of the teams interested in Shabanov according to their shared agent, Alex Chernykh.
For GM Danny Briere and the Flyers, the next step will be successfully pitching Shabanov and Quartexx on a role conducive to success at the NHL level.
"There is only one criterion. We just need to look at the team rosters and understand where he will really have his place, as it happened with other players. So that he comes there and plays in the NHL, so that he has time and a place in the roster," Chernykh said in a previous interview. "For us, the player’s place in the NHL plays a role. We are now thinking more about the player, not the club."
Note that, at his age, Shabanov is only permitted to sign a one-year, entry-level contract with the Flyers or other NHL teams.
His upcoming contract negation will center purely on his role and fit with the Flyers and not salary and term.
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