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Terminates KHL contract
LWNew Jersey Devils Free Agent
February 8, 2019
Popugaev agreed to mutually terminate his contract with KHL club Khabarovsk Amur and is expected to return to North America to continue his career, KHL Insider Aivis Kalnins reports.
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