Victor Antipin: Signs with Metallurg

Antipin finalized the terms of a three-year contract with Magnitogorsk Metallurg (KHL) on Monday.

After initial reports Antipin would link up with a KHL club, there was some thought he might stay in the NHL with another team after not receiving a qualifying offer from the Sabres. However, the Russian will return to his homeland rather than bounce around an NHL team's system, where he would likely have split time between the AHL and NHL.