2016-17 Champions Hockey League
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I don't know if this is old news but the prize money will go up from 1,5 million euros to 3,7 million euros next season. I think that's fantastic news, I just became 2,5 times more interested in this tournament! But still too little money for the KHL teams I'm afraid. 
http://www.mtv.fi/sport/jaakiekko/chl/artikkeli/miljoonapotti-chl-nostaa-rajusti-palkintosummia-mallia-jalkapallosta/6069920
http://www.mtv.fi/sport/jaakiekko/chl/artikkeli/miljoonapotti-chl-nostaa-rajusti-palkintosummia-mallia-jalkapallosta/6069920
Jussi
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I don't know if this is old news but the prize money will go up from 1,5 million euros to 3,7 million euros next season. I think that's fantastic news, I just became 2,5 times more interested in this tournament! But still too little money for the KHL teams I'm afraid.
http://www.mtv.fi/sport/jaakiekko/chl/artikkeli/miljoonapotti-chl-nostaa-rajusti-palkintosummia-mallia-jalkapallosta/6069920
Just a quick translation: they've signed a new 6 year contract, prize money goes up next season to 3,7 million euros.
torero
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It's normal ... René Fasel, president of IIHF is Swiss
Actually more relevant to this thing should be the following :
Finland :
8 teams ... 8 qualified ... 3 first of their group and 5 second of their group
Switzerland :
6 teams ... 6 qualified ... 5 first of their group.
Logically Swiss will meet on average weaker teams than Finns on the first round.
You'll hear no objections from me. The tourney itself is the main attraction, of coarse. But league rankings plays a big part in the prestige and excitement that CHL generates.It's normal ... René Fasel, president of IIHF is Swiss
Actually more relevant to this thing should be the following :
Finland :
8 teams ... 8 qualified ... 3 first of their group and 5 second of their group
Switzerland :
6 teams ... 6 qualified ... 5 first of their group.
Logically Swiss will meet on average weaker teams than Finns on the first round.
tobu
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I struggle to accept the fact that the founding countries are guaranteed 1-6 ranking. With Slovakia possibly ending up in 5th or even 4th spot points-wise should Nitra and Kosice do good in the playoffs, they'll still be ranked 7th and get only 1 club in CHL next season, while Czech rep, Germany and Austria would get more spots.
Hemsky001
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That's a tax for the Slovak league being so low level. There's 1-2 quality clubs at most in the entire league. I think it's just right unless the league's quality's gonna get better in the future.
/Sorry for offtopic/
This morning, I found a great article by Nino Niederreiter and was immediately reminded of this discussion about pond hockey:
tobu
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Aren't results in CHL supposed to be some measure of a quality of a league? If SK teams do well in this years CHL and gain more points in the league rankings then what's the point of having such rankings when the results don't reflect league seeding?
Is this the case? That would indeed be very unfortunate. I was hoping for a result based system.
tobu
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https://www.championshockeyleague.n...-32-teams-and-on-ice-qualification-only/1727/
"In the CHL rankings, the six founding leagues will remain ranked 1–6 and all non-founding leagues will follow in accordance."
I m not agreed with the League Ranking!
For me is the Football UEFA-Ranking a good example.
This Ranking is the almost the same model as IIHF-WC
No good idea
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For me is the Football UEFA-Ranking a good example.
This Ranking is the almost the same model as IIHF-WC
No good idea
!That s*cks. Hopefully this will change after next season. The only reason I can imagine for the existence of this rule, might be the fact that initially the founding clubs were supposed to be automatically qualified for 3 seasons.
Zamboni Parade
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Good point, but simply taking the average points gives an inherent advantage to leagues that only send a handful of teams. I think they should use a weighted average instead that gives priority to, say, the top three teams or something like that.
themelkman
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I think its odd that Austria is above Germany are they a better overall league? I always believed the DEL was better.
Listed in what...they have more spots in the CHL what list are you talking about...
One good season shouldn't affect the total ranking, it should be the overall ranking. And with the overall ranking, I don't even think that Slovakia would be top 6. If they'd continue to play good and have more points than the other teams, I believe they would change the rules
tobu
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I completely agree that one good season shouldn't be the reflection of a ranking, but the ranking already reflects the last 3 seasons with latest being weighted at 100%, the previous two at 66% and 33% respectively. Even in such ranking Slovakia's league is currently ranked 5th.
torero
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Actually the advantage is not only in easier match-ups, but home ice for return game (in case of OT)
So it really is a big big advantage.
torero
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themelkman
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It's normal ... René Fasel, president of IIHF is Swiss
Actually more relevant to this thing should be the following :
Finland :
8 teams ... 8 qualified ... 3 first of their group and 5 second of their group
Switzerland :
6 teams ... 6 qualified ... 5 first of their group.
Logically Swiss will meet on average weaker teams than Finns on the first round.
Still quite remarkable that there is no Switzerland-Finland matchup.
