Take Note, Ty Cobb Fans

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Originally Posted by packs

If the NHL allowed these players to be drafted, how can it be said that the NHL banned them from playing? Isn't that like saying MLB banned Cuban players? If you could get to the country, MLB was more than happy to let you play. I don't see what one thing has to do with the other.

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.....