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02-22-2013, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Vicente View Post
It was not the best expression by Vorky. What he means is: if there are sponsors, investors and fans in a certain place in Sweden who want to play KHL and get a team it is no problem for KHL if all other Swedish hockey fans don't like that idea.
I doubt there are sponsors in Sweden willing to quadruple or likely more their input into a team. They'd need a Russian money and with that would likely come relinquishing in part control of the club. That was strict no-no with Espoo Blues when they were in discussion with the KHL (supposedly a majority of the club would have been owned by a Russian sponsor) and I doubt the Swedes would be fine with that either.

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