Spartak extend defenceman Nikolai Dronov's contract through 2030
The 18-year-old defenceman has played four KHL games this season, averaging 5:45 on ice, and signed a deal that runs to the end of the 2029/30 season.
Spartak have extended the contract of 18-year-old defenceman Nikolai Dronov to the end of the 2029/30 season, the club announced.
Dronov has played 4 games in this season's KHL without registering a point. His average ice time is 5:45. Last season he played for the junior side MHK Spartak, with 7 points (1+6) in 40 regular-season MHL games and a plus-21 rating. In the play-offs he had 1 assist in 21 games.
The club's statement, in translation: "We congratulate our young defender on signing a new contract. We wish him good health and many victories, excellent play and the development of his talent in the system of HC Spartak Moscow!"
A deal that runs four more seasons suggests Spartak plan to develop Dronov within the club rather than send him elsewhere for minutes. If that is the intention, his workload this season, at under six minutes a game, may be the measure of how quickly they bring him on.
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