Athletistic / Hockey. In the last KHL season, a cross-playoff system was used for the first time in the KHL playoffs – Western Conference teams have already played with Eastern Conference teams at the Gagarin Cup quarter-final stage. Previously, all stages, except the final, were held within conferences. Many people are wondering whether the new system is justified. The head of the Russian Hockey Federation, Vladislav Tretyak, answered this question.
– Of course, everyone seems to be used to the fact that CSKA and SKA play in the semifinals, but now there is an intrigue. I think this is a very good decision. By the way, the initiative came from the Federation. In the NHL, too, they change something all the time, “Tretyak said in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.
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