Maybe if the KHL wasn't some ghetto ass league with payment issues, corruption problems and respectability issues players might be more inclined to stay. The only reason non-russians go to play there is because they have no where else to go. And even then, once they are offered an NHL contract they jump ship right away.
Guys being carried out on tarps. Players not being paid. Soviet-style accommodations and rules. All under the guise of doing things ''the russian way''. Please. Like many things in Russia, the KHL runs deep with corruption, the meddling by higher ups is fierce and signed contracts mean nothing. Give players an incentive to stay and they will.
The NHL attracts the best players in the world because they run things the right way. A contract is a contract. Players are paid fairly and on time. Obama or Harper has no say in how things are run. Agents work for the players, not the owners.
So if Putin or any other former Russian player want to implement a rule like that, then go ahead. Canada will spank Russia every chance they get for the next 50 years and Russian hockey will continue it's fall from grace.
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