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Flyers’ Ivan Fedotov, CSKA Moscow appeals rejected by IIHF
On Saturday morning, the IIHF announced that their independent IIHF Disciplinary Board had rejected the sanctions appeals lodged by both Ivan Fedotov and Fedotov’s current club, CSKA Moscow. Had CSKA not signed Fedotov, the goalie would be with the Philadelphia Flyers right now.
CSKA appealed the sanctions imposed against Fedotov and the club for violating what IIHF deemed to be a valid professional player contract with the Flyers. Fedotov, 27, was banned from playing for four months in both national and international games, whilst CSKA was banned from signing international players for one year.
Among the key points in their findings, the IIHF found that “The IIHF correctly determined that Mr. Fedotov breached his SPC with the Philadelphia Flyers when he signed a contract with CSKA to play in the KHL for the 2023/2024 and 2024/2025 season, as Mr. Fedotov’s SPC had been correctly tolled to the 2023/2024 season,” and that “not only did CSKA not rebut the presumption of inducement, but the evidence established that CSKA did induce Mr. Fedotov to breach his SPC with the Philadelphia Flyers by signing Mr. Fedotov to a contract with CSKA when it knew or ought to have known that Mr. Fedotov’s contract with the Philadelphia Flyers was tolled.”
Effectively, Fedotov and CSKA Moscow are both guilty as charged. Though, it’s fair to wonder, due to the nature of Russian politics and the landscape of things out there, if Fedotov really had any say. After all, the Flyers prospect was literally detained two summers ago when trying to head over to North America. Since then, Fedotov has completed his obligatory military service and signed a two-year contract with CSKA.
The Flyers’ next chance to see Ivan Fedotov again will be after his contract expires, in 2025. On that front, though, you’re counting on him making it onto a plane to Philadelphia unnoticed or unabated. For the sake of Matvei Michkov, Alexei Kolosov, Yegor Zavragin, and others, it might be best to let bygones be bygones.
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Let bygones be bygones? Nope!
You give in to a bully, you just get more bullying.
The Flyers should continue to pursue the matter in every way possible, and get additional sanctions imposed on the player, the team, and the country until he’s over here.
Letting bygones be bygones takes away your leverage in future negotiations regarding other players.
Didn’t he supposedly get drugged before they made him do his mandatory military service too. He probably signed for two years out of fear for his life?! I’m curious about him getting a chance at the back up job or more. He was looking promising will putting up good numbers early on in Russia before the detainment issue.
CSKA Moscow has set a precedent that they have no respect for valid NHL contracts. So, it can work both ways. Look up the Stastny brothers. I would love it if the Flyers got Michkov and his family out of there at the first opportunity, otherwise, you could see a repeat of the Fedotov situation when Michkov’s contract expires.
100% agree, I think the most important thing for the Flyers right now is to secure Michkov at all costs.