The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RHF) must take a firm stance against the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) due to the situation with the sanctions imposed on CSKA Moscow and the goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov hockey coach Gennady Kurdin told .
On Monday, the IIHF announced that Fedotov violated his contract as a professional player by signing an agreement with CSKA Moscow without the authorization of the Philadelphia Flyers NHL club, with which he has a valid contract, because the goalkeeper was suspended for four months from September. 1, 2023. CSKA has been sanctioned with an international transfer ban for one year from August 11 this year.
Well, the international federation does everything for the NHL. It is the same as now the policy goes against Russia. Likewise! All decisions are made in the interests of the other party. To be honest, do we still have to follow some rules?! They don’t follow them. We make concessions here, we do something, but they disqualify us, we don’t compete anywhere. If they don’t consider us human, we shouldn’t follow their rules. Why should we? I completely agree that we should not be subject to their rules. They hit us on one cheek and we turn the other! For what? You need to take a firm stance.
But, on the other hand, it’s easy for me to talk, and it’s hard for responsible people now. I don’t want to end all relationships. We’re all waiting for people out there to deign, something, somewhere to let us in. Our people have to calculate everything, check every step. The decision must be balanced, but, in my opinion, it is a one-sided game. They don’t put us into anything at all. Well, even those contracts, he had a contract with Philadelphia for the 2022/23 season, he didn’t fulfill it. So it should have been disqualified. He’s already finished. In America, something kind of continued there. Ivan should have been disqualified just for not coming to America over a year ago, not for the current situation,” Kurdin told .
The new KHL season kicks off on September 1 with the opening Cup match between CSKA and Ak Bars Kazan.
Fedotov has played for CSKA since 2021, won the Gagarin Cup with the club and was named the best goalkeeper of the 2021/22 KHL season. In the summer of 2022, the goaltender signed a rookie contract with Philadelphia, but was later called up for military service. At the end of his service, the 26-year-old goalkeeper signed a two-year deal with CSKA, which was registered by the KHL in July.
Source : MatchTV
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