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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It really seems odd that all these KHL guys are coming to the NHL this year, or in Radulov's case staying in the NHL, with the Olympics coming up and the NHL already saying they won't be allowing players to go.
Do these Russians not want to play for Russia in the Olympics, or are they going to cut and run when the Olympics start and abandon their teams? Or is there still a chance the NHL changes it's mind because maybe the NHLPA agrees to extend current CBA?
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Guaranteed money. The KHL is ran off the back of Russian oil companies who are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.