Down-the-line.com/Hockey. Double Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov commented on the exodus of foreign players from the KHL. The expert acknowledged that the level of the league will drop.

“Without foreigners, the KHL will certainly weaken, because the level of these athletes is objectively higher than ours, the competition will disappear. It’s simple.”

And about crossover playoffs, ask whoever invented it. There are different ways to play. Maybe it was done to separate CSKA and SKA in the beginning,” Legalbet said citing Fetisov.

KHL Vice President Valery Kamensky has made his prediction for the Stanley Cup Final

Earlier, the Russian Hockey Federation (FHR) announced that it had reached an agreement with the KHL to revise the playoff scheme. A cross-over qualifier for the Gagarin Cup may appear in the league.