National Hockey League (NHL) clarified the situation with their colleagues KHL depending on the situation with the goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov who signed a contract with the Moscow CSKA NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told .
On Saturday, the army club announced the signing of a deal with the goalkeeper until the end of the 2024/25 season. The KHL registered Fedotov’s contract with the Red-Blues. In May of last year, Fedotov signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL. In the summer of 2022, the goalkeeper was drafted into the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces for military service. In mid-June, Philadelphia announced that the hockey player’s contract had been extended until the 2023/24 season.
– Today it became known that the KHL registered Ivan Fedotov’s contract in the league, despite the current contract with Philadelphia. Will the NHL clarify the situation with its Russian colleagues?
“Yeah, we did,” Daley told .
The KHL said on Saturday that based on information and documents received from the NHL, the league and the club assume that Fedotov has not signed a valid agreement with the NHL club for the 2023/24 season. in the sense set out in the memorandum of understanding. Based on this, and also taking into account the player’s personal desire to play for CSKA, the league recognizes Fedotov’s contract with the army club for two seasons as legitimate.
Source : MatchTV
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