Here I have to agree with jussi. We are a small nation, but not so small that we would all know each other =)
And I am not sure, if my comment can be use as an answer to Jussis question. My comment was from sport consumer point of view. After KHL came to Finland, finnish sport consumers have had a wider selection of hockey from where to choose. Ofcourse it is easy to think that finnish team in KHL would only benefit finnish hockey, because there will be players that gets to play in KHL, that otherwise would not and I have to admit that I used to think so too. But, it is already 10th year of KHL and if we are honest, has (for example) Latvian, Belarussian, Slovakian or Kazakstanian hockey took any mayor step forward in that time? I would say that Latvia and Belarussia is pretty much in the same spot that they were before KHL. I think that Slovakian hockey have taken a small step backwards and Kazakstan, for the first time in long time did not managed to bounce right back from Div1, as they have done for several years now. Then we look for example S-Korea. No KHL team and their hockey program has taken huge steps forward last years.
But again, don't get me wrong. Hockey is a small sport in global sense and thats why it is a good thing that russian are willing to spend money to grow the game. Specially in Asia. And as I like to think that a team in KHL should help local hockey programs, after 10 years we don't have much evidence to support that claim.