Because of the war. Theres no other reason really.
KHL Rosters this season. 3 nations went down and 2 nations went up.
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Because of the war. Theres no other reason really.
Czechboy
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Which was my point too... 2 countries removed their entire team from the league but then I'm told it's not fair to point out less Latvians and Finn's because their teams aren't there anymore.
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That's also my point.North Americans won't care until Russia invades Alaska. Russian army will come swimming due to lack of material, will be spotted by an old lady from her front porch already when they are putting their swim clothes on at the Russian beaches.
I would love to hear the North American perspective if Russia was invading Toronto instead.
It's different when the war is on your soil and not across an ocean.
Caser
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It depends on what is the exact point, I feel we're not on the same page somehow, I guess I had issues explaining it.
I mean if the point is that the Latvians, Czechs, Swedes and Finns have more or less left the league then we didn't need any numbers at all - it is obvious from the news (at least to me). But if we want to get something more from these stats then I'm not sure how it is possible if we don't somehow assume the special status for the former players of these two teams, particularly for the reason that I mentioned before - that Finns on the Jokerit team had a different status than Finns on the Russian teams.
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The funding was also super sketchy, but indeed they would’ve kept playing as long as they had a sugardaddy to give some blood money.
KHL in Helsinki never was a viable business, lightyears from it.
CharasLazyWrister
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I know this isn’t the point of the thread at all, but that’s pretty wild there’s a 5’1 player in that league.
CharasLazyWrister
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The stats are wrong, he's actually listed between 180 and 183 cm according to different sources. Converts to roughly 5'11 - 6'0
mattihp
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Why is this in international tournaments and not the KHL board?
AintLifeGrand
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Not for a few years at least. They were denied a free pass to Liiga so they must start in one of the lower divisions once the team is back
Czechboy
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Felt like an international discussion because it was about how different nations are reacting to the situation. Not too many Finns/Czechs/Swedes/Canadian/US/Latvian on KHL board... last post was 10 days ago
MeHateHe
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You're not wrong. Our cavalier attitude towards what's happening in Ukraine right now is a reflection on the fact that there hasn't been a significant military action on this continent for centuries. So, as a Canadian, seeing the number of Canadians on that list made me go "ugh."
Right... should be in the Mordor section, which I have put on my ignore list. (Surprised it still exists on HFBoards – or so I hear...)
Jussi
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Also looks like those rosters are about to depleted even more since a Russian Kunlun staff member confirmed the mobilization affects them (all players and staff) as well.
FissionFire
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Interesting to note a dramatic decline in Chinese as well from 26 to 9. Not sure if that has to do with Ukraine or if there may be other factors at work.
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So what happens to those Russian players in KHL who are eligible for this “partial mobilization”? They have to stop playing and go fight in this war against Ukraine?
Caser
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I think you very well know that the KHL team owners are very influential, so I'll believe it when I see it. I mean players, of course, some staff members can be more expendable though, so he has reasons to worry.
Most of those remaining non-Chinese players just haven't got their passports done yet. Last season was the Olympics season, so obviously all the players they needed for the tournament got the passports some time before that, so all were considered Chinese.
Czechboy
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Any idea if this is true or just social media doing social media things?
To be clear the message on black from the employee.
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The right answer is that noone knows, since he didn't provide any names to actually check that. For the Avangard team's doctor I can believe it, since doctors are usually needed in the war zone and for the team they can be replaced. As for the players I can believe that they received subpoenas, but I think there's no way KHL guys will let them go there. Another issue is that the mobilization has turned into quite a crappy process, as of course in many of the conscription centers they didn't have the right lists ready and just started to sending subpoenas like to everyone they got in their lists just to find out who is eligible and who isn't lol.
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And why so many good yet not exactly star KHL players are having decent success there? I mean, I don't think anyone can find an answer to that type of questions.
It will be interesting to see how many foreign players are still there after a few months? Just for example aviation is in trouble; no new parts for western planes, very few international connections. Want to buy a new car made in Germany: good luck. Bank transfers or credit cards?
