Three-time ice hockey world champion Alexei Tereshchenko in a conversation with , he expressed his dissatisfaction with the behavior of the National Hockey League (NHL ) regarding Russian clubs in the Continental Hockey League (KHL ).
On Saturday, CSKA announced the signing of an agreement with Ivan Fedotov before the end of the 2024/25 season, the contract was registered by the KHL. Last May, the goaltender signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL. In the summer of 2022, Fedotov was drafted into the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces for military service. In mid-June, Philadelphia announced that the 26-year-old hockey player’s contract was extended for the 2023/24 season.
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. NHL Vice Commissioner Bill Daly later told that Fedotov’s performance in the KHL would be contrary to his existing contractual obligations to the Flyers.
As CSKA President Igor Esmantovich told , Fedotov had no restrictions when signing a contract with the club, his contract with Philadelphia ended.
– Fedotov had a signed contract with Philadelphia, and now CSKA took him to him, bypassing the agreement with the American club. Could this affect the relationship between the KHL and the NHL?
“They also take players from us, as they want. Our clubs receive nothing for the transition of hockey players to the NHL. They leave for free, we just lose players. We must sign an agreement with the NHL on payments for hockey players, especially for young people. It’s really a big problem. The league or federation should work on this issue, Tereshchenko told .
Source : MatchTV
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