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The KHL is rigged. Literally.


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Take a read through this twitter thread:

 

https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/971595788315918336

 

The long and short of it is: Putin owns SKA and the league has been completely rigged this year to make them win. They don't have to pay attention to salary caps, but everyone else does. Now the games are being straight up fixed, with phantom penalties being called against opponents, and no-calls going the other way. Meanwhile, the Russian equivalent of the Charlestown Chiefs is doing their damnedest to win a playoff round against SKA. Its a fascinating, and slightly terrifying in a dystopian sort of way, read.

 

EDIT: fixed the link so now it points to the thread.

 

Not much to add to the topic thats not been already said, but wanted to say its cool seeing Slava get a lot of hits on this "story". He used to live in Rochester and is a big Sabres fan. He was my goalie back in my outdoor soccer days.

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