And it is horrible you say their budgets should be similar. The reason the KHL is better is because of the higher budget. The reason the KHL has financial problems is because of the higher budget. Spending and living within means while being sustainable is better than living like Slovan, Praha, Poprad, Zagreb for a few seasons. Whenever these Russian operated companies no longer want to keep losing money, the KHL is finished. KHL would be much more stable, not losing countless teams, if they spent within their means. Not like SKA with to buy any player Gasprom allows.