league: Croatian team Medvescak Zagreb said in March it would withdraw to join the Austrian-based EBEL league, according to The Japan Times. Chernyshenko says the KHL widely considered the world's strongest league outside the NHL has been hit by unprecedented wage delays to players totaling over 1 billion rubles 17.7 million . Seven of the KHL's 29 teams are regularly late with salaries and some players have been waiting over six months for payment. KHL president Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that the league is removing the Metallurg Novokuznetsk team, which had a 14-46 record and small crowds this season, as it bids to become leaner and more commercially successful. The KHL will not stand for this, Chernyshenko said. A statistical rating system measuring teams' on-ice ability, their finances and crowd appeal will be used to determine who quits the league. From 27 teams next season, the KHL will cut three more for the 2018-19 season, Chernyshenko said.
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