I don't think the champions league is a very good idea but what the NHL is looking for going forward is international brand expansion. So that's the target. Canada is saturated and I have a suspicion they think they've got about as much out of North America as they can. So if you want expanded revenue streams.... That's where it's going to happen.
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I don't think the champions league is a very good idea but what the NHL is looking for going forward is international brand expansion. So that's the target. Canada is saturated and I have a suspicion they think they've got about as much out of North America as they can. So if you want expanded revenue streams.... That's where it's going to happen.
They tried the Victoria cup as a preseason thing. The problem that most people don't think of is that outside of Switzerland and the KHL a lot of these teams are barely scraping by. They barely had the money to do a European champions league. Let alone flying teams to North America.
NHL kinda screwed themselves over with the idiotic "let's only have 8 teams rule, it'll prevent blowouts." Everyone loved Team NA, but they missed the out rounds. Why? Because there were only 8 teams, a single loss was eliminating. 12 teams, 16 teams, Team NA advances and more people are happy.
I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Team NA again, Team Europe trashed the entire tournament they should never be seen again, but you bring back Team NA in a 12 team format, they basically replace the host of an Olympic tournament like Korea or China and 11 NTs, or go big with 16 teams that's possible too. It's just a thought. But a team like Team NA is likely always going to drop a game, lack of familiarity compared to true national teams, usually smaller and lighter. Expand the tournament, give teams like Team NA some cannon fodder NTs to chew so we'll see them in the out rounds and that will improve the product drastically.
Though upon second thought I still don't like Team USA or another being handicapped. Make it an international U24 team maybe if anyone is left over from the Swedish, Russian or Finnish rosters to compensate maybe. Basically anyone undrafted by the Senior teams.
I honestly wouldn't mind seeing Team NA again, Team Europe trashed the entire tournament they should never be seen again, but you bring back Team NA in a 12 team format, they basically replace the host of an Olympic tournament like Korea or China and 11 NTs, or go big with 16 teams that's possible too. It's just a thought. But a team like Team NA is likely always going to drop a game, lack of familiarity compared to true national teams, usually smaller and lighter. Expand the tournament, give teams like Team NA some cannon fodder NTs to chew so we'll see them in the out rounds and that will improve the product drastically.
Though upon second thought I still don't like Team USA or another being handicapped. Make it an international U24 team maybe if anyone is left over from the Swedish, Russian or Finnish rosters to compensate maybe. Basically anyone undrafted by the Senior teams.
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As for the 2020 cup Canada/Usa/Sweden/Russia 3 game round robin most would be fine with it.
True true, 12 with quals is reasonable. 16 be like soccer world cup style, but maybe not the direction the NHL wants to go yet.
