Can't be anything else than economic reasons since they were an option for KHL expansion...Any particular reason for their withdrawal? I mean they only played a single season...
Any particular reason for their withdrawal? I mean they only played a single season...
Can't be anything else than economic reasons since they were an option for KHL expansion...
Why? I understand the travel restrictions but they could play their season in Russia like kunlun red star and one of their junior team last season. Maybe not all of them but some Chinese players with Russian players.All three Chinese teams have withdrawn, so VHL starts on 4th of September with 26 teams, all from Russia.
Why? I understand the travel restrictions but they could play their season in Russia like kunlun red star and one of their junior team last season. Maybe not all of them but some Chinese players with Russian players.
They are no longer considered foreigners, that's the explanation.Have not followed the VHL closely but in looking at the NHL draft prospects playing it seems that there are more Belarusian players than in past years both in the KHL and the VHL such as Yegor Yuzlenko.
Is this in fact the case and if so is this an indication of the Belarus system improving or are there other factors?
They are no longer considered foreigners, that's the explanation.
Does anyone have data about the size of VHL rinks?
You obviously didn't have it on for Chelmet - Yugra game today Their rink is definitely a small one. I'd assume most teams who are owned by the KHL clubs directly switched or are going to switch to the same size as their parent clubs. But I'd love to know more specifically, that kind of info has to be out there, somewhere.I have the VHL on in the background everyday while im home working, this is my expert opinion - they all look like big rinks!
Sorry I can't be more specific but my Russian reading isn't very good.
I have no data obviously. But I guess you are right. The KHL clubs can afford to switch while it is a problem in VHL. Especially with some older rinks where the switch is not always possible. The switching the rink policy is coming from the KHL, not FHR (who is running the VHL).You obviously didn't have it on for Chelmet - Yugra game today Their rink is definitely a small one. I'd assume most teams who are owned by the KHL clubs directly switched or are going to switch to the same size as their parent clubs. But I'd love to know more specifically, that kind of info has to be out there, somewhere.
I would still put my money on Kitsyn. Maybe i'm just biased but i really think he can shine in good circumstancesOh yeah, I watched quite a lot of games from the start of the playoffs mostly following Dynamo St. Petersburg, since they were a good team that finished low in the standings meaning their series always had 2 good teams rather than a clear favorite. And the games have been really good, really enjoyable hockey, not the sub-3 goals VHL regular season garbage.
The finals were also played by 2 teams that had far and away the best rosters. Maybe Kuznya could have given a bit better fight but doesn't really matter, the better team won.
It's is also, as always, interesting if the best players seek the chance to play in the KHL: Pilipenko has won his 2nd Petrov Cup and has nothing left to prove in the VHL, Tertyshny is in a classic "too good for the VHL too bad for the KHL" situation, Kuznya's leaders.. With Admiral back to the KHL there should be many openings to such players.