Coach Vladimir Krikunov sure that Ivan Fedotov was arrested for evading military service so he could spend another year at CSKA.
Last season, Fedotov won the Gagarin Cup with CSKA and the Olympic Games silver medalist. Shortly after the end of the KHL season, Ivan signed a one-year contract with Philadelphia. On June 1, Fedotov was arrested in St. Petersburg. The guard faces up to two years in prison under the article for insubordination.
“Fedotov immediately, after the last game of the Finals, announced that he was leaving for the NHL,” Krikunov said. “Probably, it didn’t work out well. Ivan is always like that, a bit careless. I remember him from Neftekhimik, he started with me.
– I just wanted to ask, did Neftekhimik give him an army reservation? How is it going right now? After all, Ivan just played in Nizhnekamsk from 18 to 20 years old.
— No, the clubs don’t do that anymore. Players usually enter institutes and automatically receive a reservation after being drafted into the armed forces. Now that’s an easy problem to solve. I’m sure that if Fedotov was not a goalkeeper, which CSKA is interested in, no one would have looked for him in the military registration and enlistment office. Surely the army team offered him to stay, but he rested: “I will go, and that’s it.” He’s such a character… Well, the Guardian, in a nutshell!
– So it is not clear why Ivan did not settle all his questions with the military registration and enlistment office in advance?
– Well, he’s a slob in this regard, what can you do, the NHL was already in my head. And CSKA, apparently, did not find a worthy replacement for him among foreigners, so he decided to leave. In our world, this is a completely normal situation. Well, Fedotov will play for another year for the army, at the same time he will serve in the army, as planned, and then he will fly away.
Source : MatchTV
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