Comments on: The KHL has a few curious rules for adding locked out NHL players

By: cardsandbluesforever

cardsandbluesforever — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:28:11 +0000

that makes sense. i dont blame the KHL for the restrictions to be honest. they have a lot of players over there already. i would want to only bring in top tier talent versus virtually the entire nhl, why bring in a medeocre nhl player when they already have plenty of medeocre talent of their own. those guys need to earn a check too.

By: cosmoandmelovepens

cosmoandmelovepens — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:19:56 +0000

Ya that is pretty much malkin. They still must be upset at what happened when he came here haha.

By: mclovinhockey

mclovinhockey — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:31:31 +0000

Oh I thought it was all, I was like so they don’t want a LOT of players huh. That would count out about 99.8% of the NHL

By: soj83

soj83 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:17:44 +0000

that was my first thought when i read this, did the player need all or just one of the requirements. thank you for seeing elsewhere and clarifying.

By: 2vm3jq1

2vm3jq1 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:01:08 +0000

Counting the KHL as the Russian Superleague rebranded, Evgeni Malkin meets all requirements.

By: ThatGuy

ThatGuy — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:09:37 +0000

This article’s a little misleading. If you read the Yahoo one, it clarifies that they only need to meet one of the four requirements to be eligible.

By: manchestermiracle

manchestermiracle — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:00:28 +0000

So this is really just a way to keep NHL players out, right? The KHL wants only the very best players, but doesn’t want to pay them and expects them to put up with the lower levels of travel, accommodations, etc.

Off the top of my head I’m guessing there are no current NHL players that would meet those ridiculous requirements. Anybody know of one? It seems a bit contradictory to expect a high-level player (very recent WC, WJC, Olympics, SC) with three-plus years of NHL experience who spent any time in the KHL. Talk about wanting to cherry-pick…..

By: sergeikremlin

sergeikremlin — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:46:46 +0000

Sure, the KHL would love to add top level talent like Pavel Datsyuk and Evgeni Malkin during a lockout, in order to attract attention and attendance for the league, but what they are also doing here is minimizing their opportunity to attract the majority of NHL pros to switch over to their league in the future.

Let’s face it, the top talent in the world, save for a few rare exceptions, is not bolting to the KHL when NHL hockey resumes. They will play their professional careers in the big show. It’s the “semi-stars”, aging players, and tier-two-and-below talent that could potentially make the jump, but are now being denied the opportunity to experience what the KHL has to offer first-hand.