Re:\"Champions League\"
I like this idea only due to the fact that it\'s so crazy.
Champions league for Europe is a phenomenal idea. Brilliant, something I\'ve been waiting for them to do for a while.
As for the NHL team...it would be insulting to the European leagues t have their champion team face a team other than the North American champion team. That said, facing the SC champ is a problem. Not only did they just go through a rigorous playoffs, but they have to suit up right after and face another team, probably in a best of 5/7 series? For kicks?
They just won the top award in hockey, so how do you expect them to put themselves at risk after such weardown, to play a European team likely filled with players like Steve Kariya.
That said, it could be a marketing goldmine, and could produce international rivalries(repeat champs on both sides face off again, for instance).
At the very worst it could show the NHL team losing and weakening the north american hockey market and be a marketing disaster from that viewpoint.
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