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Daniel Sprong Signs With CSKA Moscow

July 23, 2025 at 12:08 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 10 Comments

July 23: Sprong has signed with CSKA, per a team press release on Wednesday. It’s only a one-year deal.

July 13: Despite putting up two straight seasons of more than 40 points, Daniel Sprong’s free agent market last summer could be described as tepid as best.  Now, coming off a year that saw him spend time with three different organizations and an extended stint in the minors, it’s fair to suggest that his market is even weaker this time around.

With that in mind, it appears that another option could be on the table for the 28-year-old.  Sport-Express’ Mikhail Zislis reports that Sprong is receiving interest from a pair of KHL teams, CSKA Moscow and Avangard Omsk.

Last season, Sprong started the season in Vancouver after inking a one-year, $975K contract with the Canucks nearly three weeks into free agency last summer.  However, after playing sparingly with them over the first month of the season, Vancouver flipped the winger to Seattle for future considerations.  Considering that his best NHL campaign came back in 2022-23 with the Kraken, the move made sense for Seattle.

Unfortunately for them, he wasn’t able to rediscover that level of success in his second stint with the franchise.  Sprong played in just ten games with them before being placed on waivers in January.  He cleared, spending the next two seasons with AHL Coachella Valley before being flipped to New Jersey at the trade deadline with the Devils looking for some low-cost depth heading into the playoffs.

Sprong played in 11 regular season games with them, bringing his 2024-25 total to 30 but he only managed two goals and five assists in those appearances, including just two helpers with the Devils.  That resulted in Sprong being scratched in four of five postseason contests, a quiet end to a tough year.

Still, Sprong has had some NHL success, tallying 87 goals and 79 assists in 374 games over parts of nine seasons spread across seven different organizations.  He’s someone who at this point profiles as a likely PTO candidate before training camps open up in September with a reasonable chance of landing at least a two-way deal.  But if Sprong’s preference is to get something more guaranteed before then, it looks like he’ll have a chance to get a guaranteed deal in Russia in the coming weeks.

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  1. User 3086115118

    2 months ago

    KHL for Sprong? He is better off taking a chance with a two way contract in the NHL.
    He improved on his defenseive skills and showed in the AHL with coachella that he still has that shot. Bad luck season last year. All that mayhem in Vancouver andd Seattle would trouble any player (ask J.T. MIller and Philip Grubauer). He seemed happy in New Jersey.

    Would be a great depht player for some teams in the NHL. Usefull on the powerplay as well.

    If not, Suiss Leauge would be a better option. In the DEL he would raise hell.

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  2. User 3086115118

    2 months ago

    Rather have him in the NHL. Would be a nice addition for some teams as a depth player. Killershot, fast skater. Horrorseason last year. TWo way-contract shoould be reasonable. Great addition for the powerplay. Improved his defensive skills. The mayhem in Vancouver and Seattle affected him deeply (not just him: ask J.T.Miller andPhilip Grubauer). He shned inthe AHL en seemed happy with the Devils.

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  3. Monkey’s Uncle

    2 months ago

    He was in the right place, but it must have been the Sprong time…

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  4. aka.nda

    2 months ago

    Preds

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    • aka.nda

      2 months ago

      Or oilers

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  5. Jamesz 2

    1 month ago

    Sprong is a one-way player. If you can afford the luxury of playing him only on the powerplay, then he’s your man, otherwise, better to have someone that is willing to play defense.

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  6. fightcitymayor

    1 month ago

    Like the entire industrialized world, the NHL is losing a lot of its middle-class players in favor of either throwing crazy money at top talent, or signing younger players to entry-level contracts and league-minimum deals. You could make a halfway decent team with all of the former NHL talent on the wrong side of 30 who are now in Moscow or Switzerland or Gothenburg.

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    • letsgonats

      1 month ago

      Well said. Rich get richer leaving teams to need more and more min salary. Asking guys who have scored and rode the NHL team plane to get back on the AHL bus is a bitter pill. I think Jacob Vrana is in a similar boat.

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  7. bigdaddyt

    1 month ago

    Marek is crying into his hipster vynal collection at this news

    Reply
  8. ChipWest121

    1 month ago

    I think Sprong will do quite well for CSKA.

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