lafountain Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 2 things were agreed upon today between the NHL and the NHLPA. Next season there will be 6 teams opening in Europe and we will have a 2011 World Cup of Hockey. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=3840343 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffB Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I wonder why they feel the need to have 3 games open the season in Europe? Seems like they are over doing it. As for the return of the World Cup, I'm very happy to hear it's happening again, but it does seem rather close to the Olympics, which will probably have the same countries and players for the most part. I wonder why they didn't at least bump it back to 2012? I'm curious to know where the games in the US will be played. Fingers crossed that St. Paul will host some again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafountain Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I wonder why they feel the need to have 3 games open the season in Europe? Seems like they are over doing it.As for the return of the World Cup, I'm very happy to hear it's happening again, but it does seem rather close to the Olympics, which will probably have the same countries and players for the most part. I wonder why they didn't at least bump it back to 2012? I'm curious to know where the games in the US will be played. Fingers crossed that St. Paul will host some again. It does seem like the whole Europe thing is being overdone, the article also stated 8 teams the following season. The way it is going how long before the whole league opens overseas? As for the World Cup, I hope Dallas gets some games but I doubt it will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFaninNYC Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Bettman will continue to push for European games regardless of the consequences (lack of a kick off in the States, no marketing impact in the host country pre/post event). I love this sport with a passion reserved for few others but the way its run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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