They are lacking what they denied to the Palestine people . Karma ? <| sep |> What do you mean we are not our grandparents ? <| sep |> Because it ' s a glorified NHL exhibition event , not a true international tournament , like the Olympics or soccer ' s World Cup . There were no qualifiers , the participating countries were selected . In this tournament team Russia had what , 2 KHL players ? In the last Olympics they had 9 . Hell , there was even a team composed entirely of nhl prospects and rookies . This wasn ' t about countries coming together to compete , this was about the nhl trying to show off . <| sep |> He ' s the CEO , I rather think the TOS doesn ' t bind him as strictly , or at all . <| sep |> This is one hell of an ELI 5 explanation .