President of CSKA Igor Esmantovich told that continental hockey league (KHL) has clearly and professionally resolved the situation with the goalkeeper’s contract Ivan Fedotov the league’s decision is justified by the expiration of the hockey player’s contract with “Philadelphia Cream” .
Saturday SSP CSKA announced the signing of an agreement with Fedotov before the end of the 2024/25 season, the contract was registered by the KHL. The League has stated that, based on the information and documents received from the NHL, it assumes that Fedotov has not signed a valid agreement with the NHL club for the 2023/24 season as defined in the protocol. of agreement.
– I think the league acted very competently in this situation, having dealt with the situation in detail and consistently. A scrupulous legal review of the NHL documents was conducted, after which a point-by-point substantiated position of the KHL was drafted, which was sent to the address. The most important thing here is that Fedotov’s contract with Philadelphia was concluded for the 2022/23 season and was not extended, that is, when signing a deal with CSKA , Ivan had no legally justified restrictions.
Summarizing this situation, I can say that the KHL did everything professionally and clearly. I would also like to express my gratitude to the FHR, since we all worked together in this situation,” Esmantovich told a correspondent.
Source : MatchTV
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