MOSCOW, April 5 hockey league (KHL). «The issues of the ceiling and floor of salaries, the Youth Hockey League and bonuses for the Gagarin Cup were discussed. We discussed the provision of flights for clubs next season, today the issue of delivering each team according to the calendar is acute. The salary ceiling is regulated, the salary floor has been kept for the level of this season. It was decided not to punish teams that, within the framework of gender, could not maintain their positions, which, in particular, was affected by the outflow of foreigners,» the KHL press service quoted him as saying. Esmantovich also shared his opinion that in 22 teams will compete next season in the KHL.
"I'm fine with that. We will try, fight, fight. The issue of the calendar was not raised today, these are questions of the league and the FHR. Here it is necessary to rely on the criteria associated with the international calendar. Today it is too early to discuss it, but I think that in the next month and a half, the league and the federation will make proposals. From the point of view of CSKA, we are well aware that sport has always promoted something good to the masses, so the more matches there are, the better for the club and for the fans. If now the rules of international matches change, then why not?" — he added.
Earlier it was reported that in the season 2022/23 will play the smallest number of clubs in the history of the KHL. The composition of the KHL left the Riga “Dynamo” and the Finnish “Jokerit”.