NHL vs. KHL - A Team Should Try This...
The KHL may succeed or fail. If it fails, another try will be made in a few years. But I don\'t think that they will fail.
Besides the fact that hockey is entertainment mostly sold to corporations, nowadays, most of it\'s revenues come from endorsements, media rights and side by-products. Also, not all teams are opreated to make a profit. Some are seen as tax-shelters and some may even be money laundering schemes. The fact is that the KHL operates in Russia where rumor has it that the fiscal and legal frame are kind of more \"relaxed\" than North America and Western Europe. Also, the, Medvedev is one of the highest executive in Gazprom. Gazprom, the biggest Russian corporation works and in hand with the Russian government, so we must ssume that the KHL has govermantal backing. Specially since that lately the Russians seem to be on a very nationalistic binge.
And to top it off, apparently, there\'s already talk of a KHL style north European league.Saw a newsflash the other day where Hakan Loob (remember him?) was talking about this.
The NHL will have to talk wlth both the IIHF and the KHL and cease to take a heavy-handed approach with them.
If they don\'t settle their differences over the long term, we may find ourselves back with our pre 80\'s style regional league.
On another note...NHL expanding in Europe... Jet-lag would be a major problem. It would be hard to schedule games over 10 time zones (LA to Helsinki)
Unorthodox KeeperH2H. 8 teams
FROLOV ZETTERBERG ERAT
FILPULLA ROY BROWN
CARCILLO GETZLAF STEEN
WOLSKI OSHIE HORTON
OKPOSO KOPITAR ZHERDEV
BURROWS CROSBY STAFFORD
UMBERGER BERGLUND SETOGUCHI
NILSSON ANTROPOV SELANNE
BACKLUND
SPACEK PICARD HUET
JOVANOVSKI JONES BACKSTROM
VISHNOVSKY TYUTIN LUNDQVIST
MARKOV ROBIDAS GARON
BURNS OHLUND ELLIOT
CARLE WAGNER
YANDLE SALMELA
RUSSELL