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Originally Posted by Pointman
The are some key differenceces.
First, young Russian players may never sign a khl.contract and just go to NA or wherever. They are free to do so. Only if they sign with KHL team at the first place, they are tied to the league till they are 28. Second, this is not on political level, it is on sports level. And I do not get why people keep mentioning Putin, who has nothing to do with it. Third, it is applied to the league, not nationality, it applies to anyone who signs with KHL.
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I'm sure the KHL would honour a similar rule in the NHL and return guys like Burmistrov who they signed as RFAs from the NHL.
And if its just a league rule it would just hurt them more. The best players would cover over here to play in the CHL as imports and never sign with the KHL. At least now some of them stay over there to play.