Fedotov Slams Kravtsov Over Contract Standoff
Ex-scout Sergei Fedotov criticized Traktor forward Vitali Kravtsov, saying his agents will lose any court fight over his contract dispute.
Sergei Fedotov, a former scout for the Russian national team, has weighed in on the contract dispute involving Vitali Kravtsov, the Traktor forward reportedly considering taking the matter to a civil court.
"Imagine a creator, a maker, who selectively hands certain people this brilliant, glowing sphere. It's called hockey talent. And there is even a certain sort of hockey players who go, 'So what?' As a rule, that's cockroaches running around in their heads. Zherdev, Kabanov, my close friend Nikita Filatov — and Nikita would agree with my assessment — and Vitali Kravtsov. I have my own quite firm impressions from working with the junior national team. When I worked on NHL coverage for Yandex, I used to say: 'He won't establish himself in the NHL.' I call such hockey players 'gundos' — nasal, muffled. Very talented, but gundos. Going to court... He has experienced agents, and they know they'll lose this case, because under the regulations the club is in the right. Let this be resolved somehow. Please," said Sergei Fedotov.
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