Whether it was the Soviet minister of defense threatening internal exile of Viacheslav “Slava” Fetisov if he attempted to leave the the Red Army Soviet national hockey team for professional hockey in North America or the government influenced KHL trying to poach Russian NHL players back to their homeland, the Soviet government has always endeavored to prevent their native sons from seeking the glory of playing for the Stanley Cup.
Now, The New York Rangers Blog has received leaked documentation of a possible new Russian scheme.
