Sports Director CSKA Denis Denisov told that the former defender of the Moscow hockey club Artem Duda who left the team with a valid contract, if he returns to Russia, he will have to write a one-year contract with the military team.
Earlier, learned that former CSKA defender Duda, who signed a deal with the Utah NHL club in July, will have to revise one year of his contract with the military club if he ever returns to play in the KHL.
Earlier, Duda, 20, signed a three-year entry-level contract with NHL club Utah, formerly Arizona. The defenseman was selected in the second round, 36th overall, in the 2022 NHL Draft. In June 2023, Duda left for North America and signed a contract with the University of Maine NCAA team, but the league barred him from playing for the new team because he had an existing contract with CSKA. In December, the defenseman signed a contract through the end of the 2023/24 season with the University of Toronto, which plays in the Canadian University League. This league is not subject to the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the NCAA.
— Artem Duda signed a contract with Utah, but did not fulfill his contract with CSKA. Is it true that if he returns to Russia, he will have to polish one year of his contract with your club?
– Yes, definitely. This position is not dictated by us, but by the rules, as Igor Vyacheslavovich (Esmantovich, club president – approx.) said. If Artem wants to return to Russia, he will have to polish one year of his contract with CSKA.
-Are you following him now? Are you still on good terms?
— We always try to do everything to stay on good terms with everyone, because the planet is round and in one way or another, we always have to dialogue.
– But he escaped…
– Yes, Artem understands it perfectly and is aware of what he has done. The guy is growing up and I think that for the future he will have to draw conclusions about how to behave correctly. CSKA has no insurmountable grievances against Duda.
– In other words, if he wants to come back, then please?
— I repeat once again that we are professionals in our field. If we react emotionally to this or that factor, it will be wrong and not constructive. We base ourselves only on what will be good for CSKA.
— Is it true that Artem wanted to return to CSKA last season?
“Neither he, nor his father, nor the agent called me personally. There were rumors, but again, I hear them from your mouth. Why they didn’t call us directly to talk is a question,” Denisov told .
Duda is a product of the CSKA system. He played 14 matches for the military club, in which he scored 3 (0+3) points. His contract with the military club was valid until April 30, 2024. Last season, he played 12 matches for the University of Toronto team, in which he scored 7 (2+5) points.
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