Quick Hits: Griffin Reinhart, Matt Hunwick, New KHL Rule

Quick Hits from around the NHL:

• Edmonton Journal’s Jim Matheson writes that defenseman Griffin Reinhart is shooting up 2012 NHL Entry Draft, draft boards. And with fellow defenseman Ryan Murray becoming a favorite of the Edmonton Oilers.
• Matt Hunwick who will be a NHL Free Agent July 1st, probably won’t be back with the Colorado Avalanche next season. The Denver Post’s Adrian Dater writes, “Given the development of puck-skating defensemen Stefan Elliott, 21, and Tyson Barrie, 20, the Avalanche and Hunwick seem likely to part ways.”
• Slava Malamud reports via Twitter that the KHL instated a new rule in which one “returning Russian NHL player” won’t count against a given team’s salary cap. National team coaches must deem a given player “worthy” before earning such an exclusion. Slava Malamud reports that it will give richer KHL teams the opportunity to spend big on free agents such as Alexander Radulov and Alexander Semin.