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Report- Russia Won’t Sign IIHF Agreement

by Paul on 05/07/07 at 09:15 PM ET
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from Kommersant,

The agreement between the International Ice Hockey Federation and National Hockey League regulating transfers of and payment for players was extended for four years today. Vladislav Tretyak, president of the Russian Hockey Association is unlikely to sign it, which means that Russian players will move to foreign clubs for free.

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Updated May8, 2007 11:05am ET:
From AP via SI,

Russia is unlikely to sign a new four-year player agreement regulating transfers from Europe to the NHL.
Russian hockey federation president Vladislav Tretiak said Tuesday that 80 percent of his nation’s clubs were dissatisfied with the terms.
“We are not yet happy,’’ he said. “We are in negotiations.’‘
The International Ice Hockey Federations’s national associations have until midnight Tuesday to ratify the latest agreement between the IIHF and the NHL.
About 30 percent of the NHL’s players come from Europe. The NHL annually signs 45 to 60 players from European countries.

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