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Flyers’ Goalie Reportedly Sent to Arctic, Placed in Russian Navy
Ivan Fedotov was expected to be a strong contender for the Philadelphia Flyers’ No. 2 goalie spot this season. Instead, the promising goaltender is apparently going to be serving for the Russian Navy.
Russia’s state media reported Sunday that Fedotov was sent to serve in the Arctic.
Fedotov was detained Friday in St. Petersburg at the request of the military prosecutor’s office for allegedly being a draft dodger, per the website Fontanku.ru.
The 6-foot-7, 205-pounder was then reportedly hospitalized with what his attorney called stress-induced gastritis, according to the Moscow Times.
He reportedly was sent to Severomorsk in the Arctic Circle, the administrative base for the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet.
Russia sent troops to Ukraine in February.
Following this story the past few days has made this 4 th of July a little more special. 🇺🇸
— Chris (@chham57) July 4, 2022
Fedotov, 25, who was born in Finland, signed an entry-level deal with the Flyers in May. That followed a brilliant season in the Russia’s CSKA in the KHL. CSKA’s players are considered military personnel, subject to enlistment between the ages of 18 and 27, according to the Moscow Times.
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The goaltender was selected by the Flyers in the seventh round of the 2015 draft. He was coming off a strong season in the KHL and was dominating in the playoffs, (16-6 record, 1.85 GAA, .937 save percentage) as he led CSKA to the Gagarin Cup title.
Fedotov was also brilliant in the Olympics, leading Russia to the silver medal.
The Philadelphia Flyers are obviously also concerned about Russian defender Ivan Provorov, 25, who reportedly was planning to go back to his homeland this summer.
It is not known if his plans have changed because of the Fedotov developments.
Dear Comcast: Burn it down. Trade Hart, Provorov, TK, Hayes (salary dump), JVR (dump if you can), and the top pick for some package of younger players, the salary dumps, and to get rid of Eillis. Ellis will probably end up missing the season again or being medically unable to perform. You MUST create cap space. Bring in a bunch of guys on 1-2 year deals and REBUILD. Not RETOOL. Our scouting, drafting, and development system has been broken for a long time. Bring in young guys already picked from other teams. Play out the next 2 years like this adding college players, undrafted signings, and see who shakes out as talented good hockey players. You will lose a lot and get high picks. Do it. Do it now. Focus on skill.
Yep.
Sadly, this is going to happen to a number of Russian players in many sports. So the choice is, help them get out of Russian territories, or be prepared to lose quote a few of them die to the political situations.
Sam, Any info on how that affects his contract? Does it get voided and Ivan owes the Flyers his signing bonus back? Tough situation for both parties involved.
The Flyers used to be such a solid Hockey Organization. WHAT HAPPENED? Ed Synder passed on; and the entire Organization seems to have gone Corporate Woke. The Organization top to bottom appears to ne a shell of its former self. I can see ALOT of empty seats down at the Wells Fargo thos year and in the following Seasons. Its going to get ugly.