The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) must respond to the story of the Latvian striker Indrasis Blend the situation sets an unpleasant precedent, the Moscow “Spartacus” for .
At the end of June, the 31-year-old hockey player signed an agreement with the Moscow club, but due to public pressure in his native country, he refused to fulfill his contractual obligations and travel to Russia. In particular, the general secretary of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation, Roberts Plžejs, said that the hockey player will no longer receive invitations to the national team. Moreover, according to , the Latvian Hockey Federation refused to sign his transfer card.
After that, Indrasis confirmed on a social network that he would not come to play for Spartak. The hockey player signed a contract with the German club Schwenninger Wild Wings.
– Our position: Indrasis has a contract with Spartak, he is registered in the league. The situation is in the legal field. And it is the KHL and the FHR who must now act. Because it’s an image shot. There are IIHF standards for respecting contracts, there are relations between the international federation, our federation and the KHL, to which we have delegated the right to hold the championship.
In general, this situation can work against Europe. We can also remove players from European leagues when they have valid contracts. A very unpleasant precedent is set when a transfer card does not seem necessary,” Spartak told .
In the 2021/22 KHL Championship, Indrashis played 46 games for Vityaz and Admiral, scoring 17 points (7+10), and also played in the Olympics. He finished the season for Biel in the Swiss league. Indrasis is a member of the KHL All-Star Game and nine World Hockey Championships. In total in the KHL, he has 302 points (134+168) in 524 games.
Source : MatchTV
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