Should the NHL continue to face KHL teams in the preseason?

What was your interest level in the NHL's first game on Russian soil in 20 years? The Carolina Hurricanes lost to SKA St. Petersburg on Monday, 5-3, in an exhibition game. For North American fans, there were some newsworthy moments, like when Coach Paul Maurice held star Eric Staal out of the third period because of the KHL team's chippy play: "It seemed like they were getting closer and closer to his knees and there wasn't a big concern on the ice about it," Canes coach Paul Maurice said of pulling Staal. "He's a National Hockey League star player and he should be playing in the National Hockey League." Defenseman Tim Gleason was ejected from the game after Staal was hit in the second period, leading to this fight with Alexei Petrov of SKA: One gets the sense that by the end of the game, the goal was survival for an NHL team playing a meaningless exhibition game against an opponent for whom the game meant a hell of a lot more. The "NHL su...