The NHL refuses to entertain compensation offers from a newly formed Russian league for the signing of Alex Radulov while the player was under contract with the Predators. And until Radulov?s contract with the Predators is honored, the NHL won?t consider negotiating a player transfer agreement with the Continental Hockey League (KHL), NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press in an e-mail on Monday.

The son of Patrick Roy has been charged with assaulting a rival during a Major Junior Hockey League playoff game last March, according to an Associated Press report on Thursday. Quebec Remparts' goaltender Jonathan Roy, 19, faces one count of assault against Chicoutimi Sagueneens' goalie Bobby Nadeau. The single charge was filed Thursday in Saguenay, where the brawl occurred.