Fact remains the Russians prefer to line up players from their own league.
Obviously the NHL stars will all be a lock, but doubt Yakupov has the edge over a player like Prokhorkin when Corky keeps scoring.
True, it will be around 50:50 between NHL players and KHL players. They won't give this kind of recognition to NHL that majority of NHL players would play for their national team on home ground.
But in my oppinion, if Prokhorin will play on Olympics, then you can forget to see him playing for Kings for quite a long time. Because young players that are playing in KHL, will be in Russian Olympic team only if they promise to stay in KHL...