Here's a little hockey insider for you.
The IIHF does not know what to do and how to implement the CAS decision on the admission of Russian hockey teams to tournaments. Furthermore, it is allowed with the flag and the anthem.
After all, it is true that almost all European teams, except Slovakia, will refuse to play them. what is this Fewer games, technical defeats 0:5. What about TV rights, do they list the number of games? What to do with sponsors who cannot finance tournaments with Russian participation? You can't replace them with Russians, because they are under sanctions.
The only compromise offered is to allow Russia and Belarus under a neutral flag. But this does not guarantee that the athletes will receive visas and that their opponents will agree to play.
I repeat and say, I wouldn't rule out that the world's meetings would be canceled until normalization. However, it will completely kill the European hockey. I don't care if it's just America, Canada and Russia with their leagues. And if in football, some compromises are possible, then in Russian hockey there is no need to bend and agreed to nothing. Now the situation is clear to her favor. There is no way to get out of this without harm to European markets.