And despite some other comment earlier about the NHL being an “American enterprise”. WTF? - landros 2
The NHL is a business that relies mainly on making the US dollar. It wouldn't be in business at its scale without it. It would just be another sport played by a few within a limited region, akin to Irish hurling. Why do you think a majority of the league's expansion since the 1990's has been in the US? That's where the money is. To believe otherwise would be just deluding oneself.