Former Russian national team player Maxim Sushinsky said that the KHL should get out of control of the Russian Hockey Federation so that there would be no such situations as with goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov. "Well, how could our federation go against the International Ice Hockey Federation? In this sense, everything is clear. If you break off relations with the IIHF, then you need to break up. And it is best to divide the powers of the KHL and the FHR. This is reported by https://edu15.ru Let it be two structures that are not related to each other. Here is the optimal solution to the issue, in my opinion. That is, the KHL leaves the influence of the FHR and becomes like the NHL, which does not obey any federations? Yes, that's right. The NHL is an independent league, no federations decree it. It is played with doping, in a rainbow form. They decide for themselves what can and cannot be done. Ivan needs to play hockey. This is the main business of his life, because he does not know how to earn money in any other way yet. He needs to feed himself and everyone else. Just who to play for? That's a difficult question. Should I run to Philadelphia, since she has the rights to the goalkeeper? I think he would have run away there long ago if he wanted to. Now Ivan needs to go with the flow and prove with his game that he is capable of performing at a high level. After all, I missed a year, I lost my form," Sushinsky said in an interview with RB Sport. Earlier, the former head coach of the Russian national team Vyacheslav Bykov appreciated the decision of the FHR to allow CSKA goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov to the KHL games only from January 1, 2023.

Spartak head coach Alexey Zhamnov summed up the results of the Moscow Mayor's Cup, which became victorious for the red and white, and shared his expectations for the new KHL season. This is reported by https://echospb.ru "We will announce the captain of Spartak before the first game of the season. Whoever goes to the first match of the championship with the captain's badge will be the captain. It's the same with the captain's mates. Now I won't say who will be the captain. The entire coaching staff is happy with the team's work during these preseason training camps. I think the guys should be happy too: they understand the game we want to see. But we have something to work on. Not everything is as smooth as it seems. We are ready to show even better hockey. Today's match was a good test for us, which showed what we are doing right and what we are not. It's nice to beat the reigning champion, but our task is to create a team that develops step by step, and is not a flash team. We do not have a cap, we are going through a work cycle. If everyone thinks that everything is smooth and good, then this is wrong. We still have a lot of work to do, but we deserved to win the tournament. This gives the team confidence that we can play at this level against teams like CSKA. But CSKA is a club with a very balanced squad. Fans are waiting for the team to finally fight - and not just for reaching the playoffs, but for the ability to move as far as possible. I think the work that the club has done in the transfer market is excellent. Thanks to the management. Now we have players who need to strengthen the team not just for one season. From this material we must create a "steam locomotive" that will go as far as possible. Perhaps the fans are waiting for a miracle and Spartak's exit to the Gagarin Cup final, but I can't predict anything or state the tasks. We will move gradually and hopefully in the right direction. If we manage to achieve this, then this Spartak will make a very good team."