The hockey legend did not digest Harkimo’s words about the KHL.
Soviet hockey legend Vyacheslav Fetisov has thrown a freezing spike in the direction of Harry Harkimo.
Fetisov doesn’t like the way “Hjallis” talked about Joker’s time in the KHL In an interview with Ilta-Sanomi.
Harkimo said that he regrets his decision to take the Jokers to the Russian league.
– I started cooperation before the conquest of Crimea and the war in Ukraine. In hindsight it was a mistake, but I didn’t think so at the time. All the companies cooperated with the Russians, Harkimo told IS.
– Now it’s easy to say that it was a mistake, but hindsight is always easy.
Fetisov acknowledged the comments very bluntly.
– Well, let them regret it. Didn’t it bother Finnish players to get Russian money? Fetisov asked on the MatchTV website.
After his playing years, the hockey legend has been active in Russian politics and actively supported the country’s war efforts. Among other things, the EU and the United States put him on their sanctions lists in 2022.
The Jokerit joined the KHL for the 2014–15 season and enjoyed themselves in the eastern neighbor until the spring of 2022, when Russia started a war of aggression in Ukraine. At that time, the team withdrew from the series.
Harkimo was the owner of Jokeri between 1991 and 2019.
Vyacheslav Fetisov was surprised by Harkimo’s words. PDO