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Originally Posted by Itse
Misquote there. That's not my post. Anyway 
I'm not that convinced KHL has any real claim to being the 2nd best league in the world. I don't see success in that league correlating with NHL success any more than success in Swedish or Finnish leagues. I've seen the games and the quality of play doesn't seem to be anything special either.
(They also don't take part in the European CHL which would help settle it.)
My guess is they're probably on par with or maybe even below the Swedish league, which is the best euro league in general. (They've won 3/4 CHL championships.) |
The KHL did participate in the European Champions Cup from 2005-2008. A KHL team won every year that they participated.
They also participated in the first Champions League in 2008-09, where both KHL teams made the semi finals. Zurich won in the end, but they also went on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks, so I don't think we should read too much into a single game result.
So when KHL teams did participate, they won 4 of 5 tournaments, and were in the finals every year.