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Originally Posted by kehatch
All European born players have a similar flight risk. How many actually take the big KHL contract. More unsubstantiated fear-mongering. Most players want to play in the best league in the world. Plus the conditions in the NHL are much better. The KHL is no where near the threat some people make it out to be.
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I dunno, I'd argue it's more of a threat for Russian players simply because they get to play at home. Despite what the misconceptions may be, Russia isn't a bad place to live, especially if you're from there I would imagine.
Think about it this way. If say it was the other way around, where the KHL was the best league in the world with world class star treatment, and the NHL was the what the KHL is like. Would you not think there'd be incentives for a Canadian kid to play here at home, especially if a team here is going to offer a salary many times higher than what you can get playing over in Russia?