Russian team will play at the World Cup, which the NHL plans to host in 2024, Russia’s honored coach tells Vladimir Plushev .
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced in August that it does not plan to allow the national teams of Russia and Belarus in 2023 to participate in international competitions under the organization’s auspices. NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly expressed hope that the Russian team will be able to participate in the World Cup, which is held under the auspices of the league.
– The NHL has nothing to do with the IIHF, so it can make its own decisions. They organize a tournament in which the best representatives of the hockey world take part. The tournament doesn’t happen every year, so the NHL wants to see teams in the top 10. So much so that at the same time nobody had the opportunity to say: “What did you spend there? These were not there, and there were no others.”
The NHL just wants to have the World Cup at the highest level. The last time it was played was in 2016. For them, it’s a business that doesn’t always depend on political decisions. I have no doubt that the Russian team will participate in the World Cup.
Since they started talking about it, it means that they assume that the intensity that is currently in Europe will decrease. The NHL hasn’t plugged loopholes and squeaks like some Europeans who even ban their guys from playing with us, violating every possible signed charter.
Therefore, if nothing extraordinary happens in the remaining time, the Russian team will play the World Cup. We can assemble a team of NHL players. She will be able to participate in this tournament,” Plyushchev told .
Source : MatchTV
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