Thread: [News] Ilya Kovalchuk retiring
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Old 07-12-2013, 12:41 PM   #266
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The one thing about the KHL is I don't see how it's sustainable for them to continually hand out massive paydays to Russian players. The arenas in the league are for the most part smaller capacity than NHL rinks and the average ticket prices aren't anywhere near NHL costs. Some KHL teams average as low as the equivalent of $12 per game.
You might want to look into how much money the Russian owners have. I am not sure who the wealthiest owner of an NHL club is but from what i have heard some of the Russian owners are worth up to $14 billion.

They have enough money that they just had a Finnish team come over to the KHL. I doubt it's going to stop with that one team.
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