NHL vs. KHL: Don't Expect the IIHF To Help "Us"

by JesThis whole NHL vs. KHL Cold War has been rumbling all summer long, and it's not going to go away any day soon.It was thought that the IIHF might not allow Radulov to play in Int'l events, in order to keep peace with the NHL and in their good books heading into the Olympics. From recent comments by IIHF head Rene Fasel, that doesn't appear to be the case."When Aleksander Radulov returned from the NHL to Russia, he did not need an international transfer card because the NHL is not a member of the IIHF. Consequently, as there is not transfer agreement between the NHL and IIHF, we cannot prohibit him from playing for Salavat.""There is no doubt that Radulov violated his contract", but the current situation needs a political compromise. "The parties need to get to the table and develop common rules" and the KHL and NHL should find a compromise "that satisfies both Nashville and Salavat as well as Radulov. In fact, the Russian side is doing a lot of efforts to cooperate. They have p...