Rival hockey league to raid the NHL

[Diabolical]

Russian tycoon plans European competitor that will go after players

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/285910

[Matteau#32]

Russian tycoon plans European competitor that will go after players

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/285910

[Devs4LIFE]

I hope he is successful and less Euros come to the NHL.

[Matteau#32]

That guy has a lot of money and with the Euro blowing the US$ out of the water, he could probably find enough other people with enough money to get a league started, and could probably find enough European players who were interested in staying home. For fun, I could see it working with franchises in:

Moscow, Stockholm, Helsinki, Prague, Kladno, Slovakia (forget the name of their capital), Vienna. Other possibilities include Rome, London, Dublin, Paris, Madrid, maybe a city or two in Gemany, St Petersburgh. Would be interesting to see how well it work.

[Eltab213]

OH NOS, THEIR GOING TO STEAL ALL OF OUR CHRISTIAN BERGLANDS AND ALEXANDER SUGLOBOVS

[Swede]

OH NOS, THEIR GOING TO STEAL ALL OF OUR CHRISTIAN BERGLANDS AND ALEXANDER SUGLOBOVS

they already did

[The 29th Pick]

I hope he is successful and less Euros come to the NHL.

I hope he drags over all the ref's

[thefiestygoat]

One big European league is a cool idea, I wouldn't mind seeing it happen.

[devilsfan26]

I hope he drags over all the ref's

[The 29th Pick]

Then we will be left with refs who currently aren't good enough to be in the NHL.

[devilsfan26]

they currently arent good enough right now

[coldply123]

If its a Russia-only league, it will never match the NHL or be as successful.

If its a EURO league, it may have a good chance. I personally wouldnt mind.

[DaneykoIsGod]

That guy has a lot of money and with the Euro blowing the US$ out of the water, he could probably find enough other people with enough money to get a league started, and could probably find enough European players who were interested in staying home.

[Pepperkorn]

I think it sounds great -- Hockey's world domination! What could be better?

[stevestevens]

One guy kept trying to buy Ovechkin and Jagr, i forgot his name. He owns the most expensive soccer team in the world, cost more then the yankees. I dont think it will happen but you never know.

[The 29th Pick]

So your solution to improve officiating is to get rid of the best officials in the world?

If there were better refs out there they would be in the NHL. Sometimes the NHL officials make bad calls, but there is nobody better, so we just have to deal with it. Hockey is a difficult sport to officiate and the changes/stricter enforcement stuff that has been implemented since the lockout has made it even more difficult.

How do you grow a sport when even replays seen in Toronto are clearly messed up ????????

I've been watching since '87 and its really just a game of special teams now, I understand missing calls but the unevenness of the penalties is totally disturbing, the new NHL is supposed to have parity among all the teams, but 20 minutes spent killing penalties by one team in a 60 minute game isnt exciting.

[devilsfan26]

How do you grow a sport when even replays seen in Toronto are clearly messed up ????????

I've been watching since '87 and its really just a game of special teams now, I understand missing calls but the unevenness of the penalties is totally disturbing, the new NHL is supposed to have parity among all the teams, but 20 minutes spent killing penalties by one team in a 60 minute game isnt exciting.

Okay, so how would getting rid of all the current refs solve that problem? Like I said, if there were better refs out there, they would be in the NHL.

Edited December 16, 2007 by devilsfan26

[Shapeshift]

Personally, I like the best players in the world playing right here. But hey, a little competition is healthy....I think??

Why couldn't the NHL field a Euro conference? One big mega league with North American East, North American West, and European... Imagine that road trip!