You missed the point again! I was merely quoting him regarding his stated preferences for what constitutes entertaining hockey. He believed that NA fans vastly preferred to watch NA players because of their style. The only reason that he drafted or traded for Europeans was because they were better players than the NA's who were available to him, and his job was to put together winning teams. Alex Kovalev never hit anybody in his life, but he was a brilliant offensive player who helped win games!
As most know, anything past the first round is a crap shoot so taking a Russian or other European because they were better is not a valid reason, they just had a better gut feeling on whichever kid. The thing is, you can't be against Euro hockey and have a feeling a kid will be good, they wash each other out.
Brian Burke literally hates Europeans and their game, and his mandate was always to trade away all Euros from the team for no apparent reason (like trading Kubina for Exelby), and in drafting only selected 3 Swedes in the late rounds his entire tenure. With Anaheim, his first moves were to gut out Fedorov, Sykora, Bryzgalov, etc. This is a GM with a clear history and proof behind his philosophy.
Sather on the other hand, brought in plenty of European players and continues to draft them. He has no problem with Europeans.