KHL Season 20/21

[Jussi]

 

[vorky]

 

[Albatros]

Going to Sochi for a full season would signal the end of Jokerit in KHL really.

 

[Exarz]

I wonder what made things change from Petersburg to Sochi

 

[SoundAndFury]

I wonder what made things change from Petersburg to Sochi

Weather?

 

[Jussi]

I wonder what made things change from Petersburg to Sochi

Yle are saying St Petersburgh is still the offer.

Venäläisasiantuntija arvioi Jokerien KHL-kauden kohtaloa Yle Urheilulle – "Kaikki riippuu yhdestä asiasta"

Leonid Vaisfeld doesn't think it's an option nor is playing in Russia in general an option for Jokerit.

 

[Albatros]

Anywhere in Russia would be suicidal if Liiga is simultaneously played with anything resembling normal audience.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Well, 20 people were tested positive for COVID in Avangard.

 

[Jussi]

Teams and schedule will be made public by the end July.

 

[rohky]

Spartak Moscow began selling season tickets: prices remained the same. Doctors and fans who lost their jobs will receive a special discount. I really like that idea. Any club doing the same?

 

[Jussi]

CSKA had 7 players test positive.

 

[rohky]

Which teams are the strongest this coming season? It seems like CSKA lost some power IMHO Ak Bars, Avangard seems to be a bit stronger than a previous season. Will Minsk and Riga be the weakest ones again?

 

[Garl]

Which teams are the strongest this coming season? It seems like CSKA lost some power IMHO Ak Bars, Avangard seems to be a bit stronger than a previous season. Will Minsk and Riga be the weakest ones again?

Ak Bars is the main favorite. Then go Jokerit, Dynamo Moscow. Then CSKA, Metallurg, Avangard, then Avtomobilist, Salavat Yulaev, Spartak, SKA, Lokomotiv, then Barys, Traktor, Vityaz, then Amur, Sibir, then Sochi, Torpedo, Neftekhimik, Dinamo Minsk, Severstal and then Dinamo Riga and Kunlun.

 

[Jussi]

Allhockey.ru: Шевченко: легионерам иностранных клубов КХЛ не дают визы, ситуация не решена

"Problems have arisen with hockey players who do not belong to Russian
clubs. The whole Dynamo riga, the whole Jokerit, the foreigners Barys and Minsk.
These teams are in our league, but they are foreign
clubs. There are already completely different rules for obtaining visas. And visas do not give. The situation has not yet been resolved.

 

[filip85]

How many teams will switch for NHL surface for this upcoming season ?

 

[vorky]

How many teams will switch for NHL surface for this upcoming season ?

I do not know about any team. I just read that Jokerit (?), Salavat Yulaev, Torpedo, Traktor, Lokomotiv and apparently KRS Beijing (Arena Mytischi) will switch to the Finnish size. I do not know about Dinamo Riga, but if I remember, they have one more year to switch. So, just Dinamo Riga will be using the classic size next season. The remaining 22 sides will use the smaller ice, either the NHL size or the Finnish size.

 

[Exarz]

Jokerit will play on the Finnish rink size once they’re able to play league games in Helsinki

 

[Jussi]

Jokerit will play on the Finnish rink size once they’re able to play league games in Helsinki

Well that's another problem re: potentially playing in Russia. What if they're forced to play in an NHL size rink after training in a hybrid one? They'd lose all home advantage.

 

[Exarz]

Well that's another problem re: potentially playing in Russia. What if they're forced to play in an NHL size rink after training in a hybrid one? They'd lose all home advantage.

Fair point, I never thought of that. I guess playing in St. Petersburg would mean playing on an NHL size rink, considering that the the most likely scenario would be sharing SKA's arena, or share arena with SKA-Neva and Dinamo St. Petersburg (someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing SKA's farm team play on the same rink size as the main team does...).

The other option, Sochi, plays on an NHL size rink as well, however I don't know if they would use Bolshoy Ice Dome or if they would use the smaller Shayba Arena which might be possible to transform to the Finnish rink size.

 

[Jussi]

Fair point, I never thought of that. I guess playing in St. Petersburg would mean playing on an NHL size rink, considering that the the most likely scenario would be sharing SKA's arena, or share arena with SKA-Neva and Dinamo St. Petersburg (someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing SKA's farm team play on the same rink size as the main team does...).

The other option, Sochi, plays on an NHL size rink as well, however I don't know if they would use Bolshoy Ice Dome or if they would use the smaller Shayba Arena which might be possible to transform to the Finnish rink size.

Plus the same issue that according to the KHL shut down Jokerit season last season. Their insurance company. I have hard time believing they'd be fine with Jokerit playing a full season in Russia. With some spikes in cases in Finland relating to travel abroad, we might see more restrictions on that front in Finland as well which would further complicate matters for Jokerit.

 

[Exarz]

Fair point, I never thought of that. I guess playing in St. Petersburg would mean playing on an NHL size rink, considering that the the most likely scenario would be sharing SKA's arena, or share arena with SKA-Neva and Dinamo St. Petersburg (someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing SKA's farm team play on the same rink size as the main team does...).

The other option, Sochi, plays on an NHL size rink as well, however I don't know if they would use Bolshoy Ice Dome or if they would use the smaller Shayba Arena which might be possible to transform to the Finnish rink size.

Replying to myself, it seems like Shayba arena is being used during the Sochi Hockey Open and the rink seems to be NHL-sized, meaning that Jokerit almost certainly will be forced to play on a smaller rink if they will start the season in Russia. Clear disadvantage.

 

[vorky]

So, the list of teams is approved. And all meaningless & malicious statements by some posters how all non-Russian teams will not participate in the 2020-21 campaign are a history from now.

 

[Jussi]

There's no word yet from Finnish government on whether Jokerit will able to travel between Finland and Russia or Russian teams traveling into Finland.

 

[Albatros]

Jokerit themselves will be able to travel between Finland and Russia according to current regulations, as presumably all players and staff members are residents in Finland and as such restrictions do not apply. It is just very unlikely that Russian teams would be granted entry anytime soon (this year) as hockey is not classified as essential work for which travel restrictions are lifted.

 

[Jussi]

Jokerit themselves will be able to travel between Finland and Russia according to current regulations, as presumably all players and staff members are residents in Finland and as such restrictions do not apply. It is just very unlikely that Russian teams would be granted entry anytime soon (this year) as hockey is not classified as essential work for which travel restrictions are lifted.

They'd still be expected to quarantine for two weeks after returning to Finland. We're looking at spikes in cases in Finland as well and have reinstated restrictions on some countries. Jokerit could be looking at being escorted into quarantine, as was the case with the passengers of one flight this week.