Wow, looks like Lithuania is just better. No other possible explanation.
I just discovered the VHL has no conferences. Why? That's so stupid. Everyone's travel costs go up like, multiples times. I was thinking if they did have Conferences, it'd be cool if there was a Baltic VHL team that doubled as a farmteam for Riga. Contractually obligated to play half its home games in Tartu and the other half in Vilnius. And required to have 8 members from each country at each time. That would be neat. I mean, I'm sure it's been thought of and there was some reason not to but still. The situation makes me sad to think about.
I think you're a little confused about the role KHL plays in Latvian hockey. Or, you know, geography. Or the logistics and the costs of it.
It's a bit like saying Team GB should join the ECHL.
Furthermore, Dinamo Riga is:
a) a net importer of talent, it has not really produced anything on its own
b) devoid of any leading prospects or leading pro talent
c) not contributing to the development of hockey in Latvia in general
d) merely a political project not capable of generating income, and it would simply not exist without direct state funding from Russia (you read that right)
That entire team including its junior section, is an artificial, frankenstein of a creation that is not by any means a template to be used by Estonia or Lithuania for the growth of the sport in their countries.
If anything, it's an example of what to avoid doing.