Reunion? Former Vancouver Canucks Forward Officially Placed on Waivers

The KHL's 2025-26 season starts in 20 days and with training camps in full swing, teams are starting to get a feel for what their opening night roster could look like.

There's set to be a bit of an influx in the amount of former Vancouver Canucks that'll be suiting up in the KHL this coming season including Daniel Sprong, who signed with CSKA Moscow, along with goaltenders Spencer Martin & Louis Domingue, and potentially even Will Lockwood, who has reportedly received interest from SKA St. Petersburg.

While those three, potentially four, set for their first taste of the KHL this fall, another former Vancouver Canuck, who has been in the league for the past five seasons, is left in limbo after being placed on waivers on Saturday.

In a press release on Saturday, the KHL's Spartak Moscow announced that they've placed former Vancouver Canuck and ex-NHL first round pick Nikolay Goldobin on waivers.

After recording back-to-back 20+ goal and 50+ point seasons, there's no question that someone will claim Goldobin off waivers by Monday morning and it looks like there's already one club that may have interest in the 29-year-old.

According to Sport-Express' Arthur Khairullin, the Shanghai Dragons are reportedly the top team interested in placing a waiver claim on Goldobin and they may have a good chance at landing him by finishing sixth-last in the standings during the 2024-25 campaign, with the KHL using their prevuous season's standings to determine the order, much like the NHL.

Goldobin, a native of Moscow, appeared in 114 games with the Vancouver Canucks between the 2016-17 and 2019-20 seasons, registering 44 points (18 goals, 26 assists), 24 assists and was a minus-23.

Source: Spartak Moscow
Nikolay Goldobin placed on waiver list