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Originally Posted by dejaqwho
NHL is the best league, best players from the countries you listed choose NHL over their home leagues for a reason. And no its not the money, otherwise KHL would attract the best players. Just like EPL, Spanish, Italian, German leagues are the best in soccer.
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I never said that the NHL isn't the best league of the world. But as Lazion said, it's because of money. Remember that in the '90s Russian stars emigrated en masse to NHL and other Euro leagues (especially in Switzerland) because in Russia simply there was no money after the collapse of the CCCP, and this spurred the influx of Euro players in North America and it lasts even today (even if it's slowly changing). So wasn't it for money? Of course it's all for money, if it was "for the glory", players would play for free