Today, the Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) announced that it will consider the possibility of reinstating the limit of five foreign players for the 2024/25 season. Currently, the Russian team in the KHL championship cannot include more than three foreigners in the application for matches.
Weisfeld believes the debate over limits on foreign players is going in the wrong direction. He considers that the main task of the KHL is to attract spectators and popularize hockey. To attract people you need a quality product, and it would be good to remove the restriction completely. However, he also believes that the limit of five people is also normal. He is surprised that the limit was reduced to three people and believes that this is just further isolation from the KHL.
- The KHL supported the idea of increasing the limit of foreign players to five foreigners
Source: Sport
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