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Originally Posted by Alessandro
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
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If players were motivated by money they would go to KHL in greater numbers then they do now. A player that signs a 10mill AVV deal in NHL after taxes he will have 5-6M left. In the KHL 10 mill is 10mill, no taxes on KHL players. So thats 2x difference in money. I can't accept the argument that its all about the money in Hockey.