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"The relations between IIHF and NHL have never been ideal," said Fasel. "Though NHL brings its clubs to Europe as we both have the same goals – to develop hockey all over the world."
"But NHL should understand that when they take such a number of European hockey players they kill the European hockey. We are ready to share golden eggs with NHL, but if you kill the golden goose that lays them neither they nor we will have eggs."
"As KHL was established NHL definitely got an opponent. And as the Russian League is the one of seven IIHF Leagues that gives us an advantage. I can easily understand why NHL is worried: no business will be happy with a new rival."
"For NHL “Radulov’s case” has become a principle that it used for not signing with KHL a transfer contract. But believe me, they do understand the importance of this contract."
"I have no reasons not to speak about the actions of Radulov in public: the player is not right. He has broken his contract, and if we start considering such behaviour as normal we will go down in chaos and mess. That is why the first thing that NHL, KHL and IIHF should do is to come to a mutual agreement. So that the players know that breaking the contract they will face certain problems."
"In case of Radulov the problem was that he did not have to get a transfer card to return to Russia, as NHL is not a part of the international federation system. So without a transfer contract we have no legal foundations to forbid Radulov to play in Russia."
"I should repeat that Radulov is not right, and because of his behaviour there is such chaos in NHL. Does it mean that we are to spend millions of dollars on legal costs? Let’s sit together, make out the rules and arrange everything! I have been asking NHL to do this for three months, I even specially flew to New York. And I asked Russia not to sign contracts with the current NHL players, as this “arm wrestling” will inevitably lead us to the war that nobody needs. There won’t be winners, only losers. This war can only cripple hockey for the next twenty years."
