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A Breach Of The Agreement
by Paul on 07/11/08 at 02:51 PM ET
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from Ken Campbell of the Hockey News,
The new agreement between the NHL and International Ice Hockey Federation to not poach players under contract hasn’t even been put into writing yet, but it has already received its first test with reports that Alexander Radulov has signed with Salavat Ufa of the Continental Hockey League.
IIHF spokesman Szymon Szemberg said neither the IIHF nor the NHL has received any official documentation concerning the Radulov signing and all his organization has to rely on are media reports. But he also said if it is true that Radulov has signed a contract in Russia, it is, “a flagrant breach of the agreement.”
Updated 2:51pm ET (Alanah): Updates to the above story:
The agent for Alexander Radulov wouldn’t say whether or not he approves of his client’s decision to sign a three-year contract with Salavat Ufa in Russia, but he did acknowledge that the Continental Hockey League team offered so much money that it put Radulov in an almost untenable situation.
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*note: original post-time was 11:59am ET
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yet another victory in Gary Bettman’s campaign to make the NHL a more fan-friendly game; this dude makes John Ziegler look like Paul Tagliabue.
Posted by NostraChronus on 07/11/08 at 11:27 AM ET
http://allhockey.ru/news/33195/
Russian Bettman (Medvedev) has just spoken:
Действительно, Александр Радулов уже принял предложение “Салавата Юлаева”, а Никита Филатов - “Коламбуса”, в то время как оба имеют действующие контракты с “Нэшвиллом” и ЦСКА соответственно. Однако соглашение с НХЛ будет действовать только после его фактического подписания. Значит, контракты, уже заключённые до этого момента, останутся в силе. Что касается защитника “Трактора” Вячеслава Войнова, собравшегося в “Лос-Анджелес”, то на это у него есть 24 часа. Беспредела больше не будет ни со стороны клубов, ни со стороны игроков.
he sez the agreement between KHL and NHL will signed Monday or even before. After that nobody would tackle a player with existing contract, but since Radulov signed with KHL before (same for Filatov to NHL Columbus), they can do it.
As of Voinov who is planning to sign with LA, he has 24 hours for that.
After signing, no more.
Posted by Simon says on 07/11/08 at 01:48 PM ET
Voinov’s been telling anyone who’ll listen that he wants to sign with the Kings and come to training camp immediately… According to Rich Hammond, visa issues have kept him out of the country thus far.
He should get over here ASAP. His chances aren’t bad for making the team, all things considered.
Posted by theartfullodger on 07/11/08 at 02:09 PM ET
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So...no olympics for russia then?
There has to be a better way for the IIHF to give the ‘no poach’ agreement teeth then to ban the offending contry from the olympics. Everybody loses money if russia or canada or the US don’t participate in the olympics.
Posted by underthechestnuttree from LaSalle, Ontario, Canada on 07/11/08 at 11:12 AM ET