– In the completed NHL draft, 26 Russians were selected at once – an excellent result. This proves once again that the national hockey school is still one of the best in the world. At the same time, not a single Swedish hockey player was selected in the first round. Scandinavian hockey, as I have said many times, is dying and its situation will get even worse. Russians in America make money at the box office – in the NHL they know very well what business is,” Nazarov was quoted as saying by “Championship”.
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