No, if the travel sched was bad enough with every team in the NA market, imagine having to cross an ocean.
I think that the SEL, KHL and NHL Champs should all have a mini tourney for bragging rights.
- OilHorse
First I want to say that I have posted this idea about a dozen times but now it is screwed. Expansion to Europe is better than expansion to the US.
I say give them up to 8 teams. 2 Expansion and 6 relocation. Making a whole division. If they can persuade Phoenix, Florida, NYI... and others that complain about profit to move (which I am sure Russia can) then so be it. The qualifications for the cities would be the same as any other NHL team. It can be done so that teams that play them can do it with breaks a couple days in between. The flight is 9-11 hours. No different than Vancouver going to Florida really. Players now are use to night games and day games so the time difference is something they are use to.
Europe and Russia want hockey but we keep killing the sport to get americans to watch it. I am tired of them complaining about not having fans and getting TV coverage. Tired of losing good players to Russia. Lets have a league that showcases the best and that allows for real fans to enjoy it.
Europe isn't that far away. Our players have been there before and here is a shocker, some of the NHL players are from there and they fly back and forth all the time without it affecting their game.
