Nun ja, leider sind da viel grössere Kräft im Spiel. Es geht doch vielmehr darum, einen Konkurrenten zur "Europäischen Superliga" auszuschalten. Stichwort "Alexander Medvedev":

But Medvedev was also partly responsible for the collapse of the I.I.H.F.’s Champions Hockey League last season when he withdrew the sponsorship of Gazprom, the Russian state energy company of which he is export chief executive. His United Hockey Europe plan would effectively replace the I.I.H.F. as the structural framework for club hockey in Europe.

Hier gibts mehr darüber:
http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/european-puck-khl-proposes-56-team-euro-superleague/

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