A very strong statement by the Slovak champion from Banská Bystrica. The club will not apply for the upcoming season, because cannot risk losing much more money. They had a financial loss in the 2018-2019 & they do not want to repeat it again. That are words of the club´s President, the source.
Let's wait for further development. Zlin and Mountfield had very similar statements earlier but were forced to participate.
The groups for next season were drawn recently and Banská Bystrica was drawn into a group with Färjestad, Munich and Ambri-Piotta so I guess they will play after all.