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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
I forget the specifics of the first two World Cups, but wasn't it largely made up of NHL players? I don't recall if a lot of international teams had players from European leagues (I don't recall much about the last one other than Canada vs. US). Not to mention the KHL and it's big contracts weren't around 20 years ago. KHL teams would be reluctant to send it's players to an NHL/NHLPA organized event for the same reason that the NHL is reluctant to send its players to the Olympics.
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I mentioned above the KHL only really impacts Finland and Russia, and with the results Russia has had trying to pump up the KHL content on their teams might not be a bad thing to keep those plugs off their team.
Sweden, Canada, US and Switzerland had 0 KHL guys, Czechs had 4 low level guys and left off Vrbata and Hudler. I didn't check Slovakia since it is a crappy team and who cares if they are affected anyways since they are just there to get beat.