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Originally Posted by SAllen2556
They weren't banned by the NHL, they were banned by the Soviet government. But what's the difference who banned them? Would it make any difference to you if the reason black players had been banned from MLB was because the Federal government had passed a law prohibiting black players rather than MLB banning them? Of course not! Either way, it was wrong!
The bottom line is Soviet hockey players were not allowed to play in the NHL by no choice of their own, and those players and their leagues were just as good as NHL players. Therefore, all the players who played in the Soviet leagues should have their stats included with their NHL stats. It's the same logic they're using for baseball. It's just that the Social Justice warriors haven't gotten around to disenfranchised ex-Soviet hockey players yet. Alas, perhaps one day.....
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Something can be wrong and an entirely separate issue from another wrong. I don't see any commonality between a player being denied the ability to leave their home country and a player being denied the ability to play in a league because of their skin color.