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European Report: One minute you’re in the playoffs, and then suddenly it’s all over

RW - 22 years old - shoots left - fourth full KHL season

In the KHL, they don’t fool around with the playoff schedule. There are no games at funny times, they don’t want to hear how you have a rock concert booked in the arena, and the games are every other day until round one is done. Hockey comes first.

This all means Lokomotiv has already played four games, and they just began on Monday. They split the series so far with Sochi, each team winning their two home games, although the first game in a nearly empty rink in Sochi was won in a tie.