Ah yes, it's a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I'm lounging around, checking email when all of a sudden a KHL press release pops up in my inbox with the latest posturing from them in their cold war with the NHL. All of a sudden, things are a bit chilly. It's clear that these two organizations don't have a lot of love for each other, clearly not taking the Beatles' advice that 'all you need is love'. They have been fighting over the transfer of players for the past few months -- the same amount of time that the KHL has been an actual, existing organization. But remember, they have yet to actually play any hockey games. Nonetheless, they know who their main competition is when it comes to the top players and the KHL is refusing to back down to the Old Guard.
In the release that I received today by email, the KHL had sly course of action. The beginning of the headline reads "KHL Extending Moratorium on Transfer of Players from NHL..."
I thought to myself, 'wow, are they actually starting to get along?'
But when you assume things like I did, well, you know how that goes. The rest of the title told the story and I didn't even need to read the release itself. I had a good laugh when I saw the words "... Until First Violation by NHL" as the end of the title.
Clearly, this is a cold war that probably isn't going to end anytime soon -- at least not with little shots like that across the bow. If you're interested, the release in it's entirety is after the jump.
KHL Extending Moratorium on Transfer of Players from NHL Until First Violation by NHL
The Continental Hockey League (KHL) has decided to unilaterally extend the moratorium on inviting players from the clubs of the National Hockey League (NHL), which was introduced on July 15, 2008, which does not affect free agents who do not have contracts.
"We will adhere to the moratorium until the first manifestation of disrespect to the hockey contracts of our league and the contract rights of its clubs," said Alexander Medvedev, the league's president.
