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Originally Posted by getbak
... To the one other "acceptable" team (from the original story)...
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Well, the full quote is
"There is a slight possibility of a loss, if the opponent is CSKA, owning to the Moscow team’s legacy and the “patriotic value” of their potential victory, but it’s a small chance.
Putin wants SKA, and SKA it shall be…"
SKA and CSKA are like Golden State and Houston in the NBA. The author makes that caveat about "small chance" as if his point still stands if CSKA wins, but I don't see the reasoning. The team that was allegedly picked by Putin lost. That makes the whole point about how the whole league is fixed kinda moot.
And all the evidence at the first place was a blown offside call in the OT. While the call was indeed blown, it is still weird that the refs let an allegedly fixed game into OT where any bounce can change the result. Then there is also one game with 24-0 penalty minutes, which of course is suspicious, but I can't bother to watch a meaningless game just to make an informed opinion. At worst, that particular game may had been fixed, but not the whole league.