Russian national team

Akhmadullin​ 

This is a good question as to when EA Sports will bring back the Russian and Belarusian national teams to the NHL game series. As you said, after Russia attacked Ukraine, EA Sports removed the Russian and Belarusian national teams from NHL 22. If Russia is indeed allowed to participate in the U20 World Championships, then I expect that the earliest realistic timeline, if EA Sports decides to bring back the Russian and Belarusian national teams to the game, would be a December or January patch update.

It would be fun to play with the Belarusian national team, as there are currently many good Belarusian players playing in North American leagues (NHL, AHL, and ECHL), such as Alexei & Ilya Protas, Yegor Sharangovich, Vitali Pinchuk, Artyom Levshunov, Ilya Solovyov, Aleksei Kolosov, Nikita Tolopilo, Pavel Moysevich, Vadim Moroz, Yegor Borikov, Yegor Sidorov, Vladislav Kolyachonok, Danila Klimovich, Andrei Loshko, and Artyom Borshyov.

Don't celebrate too soon... Just sayin'.

Good day! It would be great to see the hockey players and the Belarusian national team. Both the youth and senior teams — I completely agree; the new generation is really awesome. But, to return to the main issue, the Russian national team has already been allowed to participate by court decision. No permission for participation is required. The decision is final and cannot be appealed. Based on the information I found on Google. Therefore, regardless of what the International Ice Hockey Federation thinks about this, the Russian national team has every right to play in international competitions right now. So, there won’t be any more bans, which means we need to add something. As I understand it, there are still negotiations ahead regarding the Belarusian national team. But God willing, they’ll be allowed. For the same reasons as the Russian national team. Have a good day, everyone, and take care of yourselves! Thanks !

They will bring back the Belarussian and Russian national teams when Russia stops murdering children in Ukraine does that makes sense to you? Akhmadullin​ 

Do you really believe that ordinary athletes should be held responsible for the actions of their country's government? National teams represent players and millions of fans, not political leaders. Sport should be about competition, talent and fair play, not collective punishment. If you believe Russian and Belarusian athletes should remain excluded, explain why individual sportsmen should be punished for decisions they have no control over.