“ The reasoning is that the Blackhawks currently have three players on their roster of Russian descent or who have family in Russia—defenseman Nikita Zaitsev, forward Philipp Kurashev and goaltender Anton Khudobin. Zaitsev and Khudobin were born”
I had to infer this. You’d think they could say this in the first paragraph.
Indeed. I figured that would be the only reason because I knew Khudobin is Russian...but I had to look it up to be sure.