The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov from the Philadelphia Flyers for a Sixth-Round Draft Pick from 2026. The 6-foot-7 Russian goalkeeper struggled in his first NHL season. He registered a 6-13-4 record, a 3.15 goals against average (GAA) and a .880 savings percentage (SV%) for a flyers club that ended for the fourth worst record in the 2024-25 season. In 29 career-NHL games, Fedotov is 6-14-5 with a 3.29 GAA and a .874 SV% when he switched to the game in North American style.
“Ivan has a large size, is athletic for a large goalkeeper and will give our club extra depth on the position,” general manager Don Waddell told the Blue Jackets website. “That has been a priority for us during the low season, and this trade achieves that.”
Fedotov, 28, arrived in the NHL after several seasons in the Russian Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He received global attention by striking the Russian Olympic Committee for a silver medal at the 2022 Olympic Games with a 4-2-0 record, a 1.61 GAA and a .943 SV% over six games.
Fedotov joins just lessers Elvis Merzlikins and Jet Greaves during the Blue Jackets training camp next week. Merzlikins, 31, recorded a 26-21-5 record last season with a 3.14 GAA and a .892 SV%. His campaign ended five games earlier than expected after he had sustained a concussion in a loss of April 2025 for the senators of Ottawa. Greaves, 24, ended the 2024-25 campaign with a 7-2-2 record, a 1.99 GAA and a .938 SV% when the Blue Jackets fell two points from a play-off place.
Even with Columbus who had a number of clear prospects in the net, there was no help available to come to the Blue Jackets for today’s trade. Pyotr Andreyanov and Sergei Ivanov were signed with KHL contracts for the 2024-25 season, while Melvin Strahl made his North American debut for the Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League (USHL) last season.
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