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IIHF Takes Action On Transfers
by Paul on 07/18/08 at 08:44 AM ET
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from TSN,
The International Ice Hockey Federation has suspended Alexander Radulov while they investigate the details of his transfer to the newly formed Russian KHL.
As well, the transfer of five other players - Nikita Filatov, Thomas Mojzis, Jason Krog, Fedor Fedorov and Viktor Tikhonov - is also being investigated by the governing body.
“Until this investigation has come to its final conclusion and the IIHF has rendered its decisions, all concerned players will be suspended from international transfers and competitions,” read a statement from the IIHF on Friday.
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Something told me the Krog signing by Vancouver was going to be an issue here, as well as the rights discrepancy with Filatov. With Krog especially, it all seemed to happen too fast and with little investigation of the Russian contract by the NHL.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/18/08 at 09:13 AM ET
Greg, if I’m not mistaken, the NHL honours IIHF suspensions.
Posted by bcrt on 07/18/08 at 10:12 AM ET
The IIHF’s trying to be fair here. I do believe that the NHL honours IIHF suspensions, but I certainly don’t believe that the Russians will do anything less than raise a huge stink over the technicalities regarding the date and time at which the non-competition agreement was signed versus the date at which Radulov entered into an agreement with Salavat Yulaev.
Medvedev and the KHL are playing nice, but they really want to leave the NHL with a good kick in the teeth for their trouble (you wouldn’t believe the treatises being written by the Russian press about finally achieving victories over the NHL in what they’ve perceived as a very hot war against teams that poach their best players since Igor Larionov made it legal for Russian players to cross the ocean and become “legionnaires,” and how the KHL has reasserted the concept that Russian hockey and the ultimate glory that is winning the World Championship supersede the dishonour that is playing in the NHL), and they’re gonna fight this tooth and nail.
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 07/18/08 at 10:42 AM ET
but I certainly don’t believe that the Russians will do anything less than raise a huge stink over the technicalities regarding the date and time at which the non-competition agreement was signed versus the date at which Radulov entered into an agreement with Salavat Yulaev.
The IIHF said they would do something like this before the agreement was even discussed. For Russia, they would just be pissing in the wind.
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 07/18/08 at 11:14 AM ET
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Suspending players from international player transfers when no transfer agreement exists doesn’t seem like a punishment with any teeth.
Posted by Greg Ballentine on 07/18/08 at 09:06 AM ET