“Apparently it was not possible to convince Fedotov the right way”
“I don’t think Fedotov will go to jail and the case will even go to court,” said Vladimir Krikunov. – CSKA has done such things in the past, however, for a long time already.
– But then the question immediately arises: why did the army team not do such a thing, when much more famous players flew abroad from CSKA – Kaprizov, Sorokin , Radulov?
– Apparently, the situation in the club was different. And now the army team really needs a goalkeeper. Fedotov immediately, after the final game of the Finals, announced that he was leaving for the NHL. It probably didn’t work well. Ivan is still a little careless. I remember him from Neftekhimik, he started with me.
– I just wanted to ask – did Neftekhimik make him a reservation from the army? 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 that CSKA is interested in, no one would have looked for him at the military registration and enlistment office. True, the army team offered him to stay, but he rested: “I will go and that’s it.” He’s such a character… Finally, a guardian, in a word!
– So it is not clear why Ivan did not settle all his questions with the military registration and enlistment office in advance?
– He’s a slob in this regard, what can you do. I already had the NHL 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. I experienced the same thing when I was a player. For me, there is nothing extraordinary there. Fedotov will play for another year for the army, in parallel he will serve in the army as planned, then he will fly away.
“CSKA can do everything in our league”
– But now Fedotov has a contract with Philadelphia. And for CSKA to start some sort of negotiation with Ivan, the NHL club must first “freeze” his contract.
“That’s what they’ll do when he’s not going to training camp. Everything is thought out here. The NHL won’t refuse Fedotov either, it will wait. Now there is a fashion for Russian goalkeepers. Everyone wants to have them in the clubs. Our enchanters are healthy – Vasilevsky, Shesterkin, Bobrovsky … And Fedotov showed himself well both at CSKA and at the Olympics. Then Philadelphia will be waiting for him.
– Does CSKA still maintain such close ties with the Ministry of Defence? It seems that the sponsors of the club have been different for a long time.
— CSKA can do everything in our league.
– Is there at least a small chance that Fedotov will fly to Philadelphia again this summer?
– I do not think so. He will play here next year. And then he leaves. If they initially wanted to let him go, there would be no story at all.
“Especially at the beginning they scared me very much”
– They took Fedotov too hard. Well, what kind of Ivan is a criminal!
– Yes, it’s on purpose to scare you at first. And then they will say: here you have the only way out in this situation, it is called the “army club”. In the past, Fedotov could still be secretly taken abroad. But now no one will. Times are not good.
– By the way, how did you solve the problem with the army when you played hockey in the USSR?
– I served when I played for Dynamo in Riga. At first we had a police battalion, then I was transferred to the border troops. Everything was in accordance with the law. But I was also 26 at the time.
– And before that, how?
— Played in Kirovo-Chepetsk. The team was at a military factory, they made a reservation for us there. There was a lot. As long as you play them, they do not affect you. And today it’s even easier to get late. Yes, everything will be fine for Fedotov.
– Well, how is it normal for a person to dream of Philadelphia and offer him to return to CSKA?
– What can you do, the debt to the motherland must be repaid. Especially in a tough time like now. He will spend a year in the sports business, playing for CSKA, and that’s it. It’s not a tragedy.
Source : MatchTV
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