Jussi
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The only foreign team to elevate the level so far is Jokerit. The rest are middle of the pack at best. How are they supporting the level?
And in the end Jokerit helps developing finnish players not russian. And without trying to hurt anybody's feelings I don't care how finnish players develop. I care about the developmwnt of russian players. And the league should serve this purpose. By expelling russian teams with strong hockey schools it does the opposite.
And so far you could say only one player has benefitted form this (Eeli Tolvanen).