Is it time for a Canadian only professional hockey league?

[BlackFrancis]

That's my point.

In a way, I suppose. But Iginla was picking and choosing a likely champion to jump on. Two of the Canadian teams were clown shoes. Ottawa and Toronto were bubble teams. Your boys were good after a playoff miss the season prior. And the Northwest all have/had divisional and regional rivalries.

I think the strongest argument on a non-level playing field is the fact six of the seven Canadian clubs are clumped into two divisions. The Jets are the only ones who can trade with the entirety of Canada without the fans and the press losing their shit.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

30 years without a Canadian team winning, 7 Canadian teams.

It's going to be at least 210 years before every Canadian team will win a Stanley cup.

We just want something to cheer for

Then cheer for a well managed team.

Oilers got 4 1st round picks in a 6 year period, including a generational player. Hard to blame Gary.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Saying "Kuemper didn't want to sign in Edmonton, so Edmonton had to sign Campbell" makes about as much sense as saying "Edmonton can't sign a top RD, so they had to trade Hall for Larsson".

Unless you don't want to improve your team, it makes perfect sense.

 

[Forge]

This thread has a strong, "Take my ball and go home" vibe to it

 

[Empoleon8771]

Unless you don't want to improve your team, it makes perfect sense.

The Oilers could have traded for any of Georgiyev, Samsonov or Vanacek in the off-season over signing Campbell to a contract that immediately became one of the worst in the league. All of those guys were either RFAs (prior to Samsonov not being qualified by the Capitals) and had no other NHL options outside of Edmonton if they traded for one of them.

Them deciding to go all-in on Campbell was entirely their decision.

 

[Frank Drebin]

Then cheer for a well managed team.

Oilers got 4 1st round picks in a 6 year period, including a generational player. Hard to blame Gary.

I'm not blaming Gary. I'm not blaming anyone.

It's harder to build a winner in Edmonton, Calgary or Winnipeg than most other cities. It's not even about attracting players, players are actively seeking to leave these cities.

And it's not just those Canadian cities, there are some undesirable American cities as well. And they also have, poor management.

Weird coincidence I guess.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Then cheer for a well managed team.

Oilers got 4 1st round picks in a 6 year period, including a generational player. Hard to blame Gary.

And "Gary" actually stepped in to keep the Oilers from moving to Houston altogether.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

What the f*** is wrong with this site lately? Why is everyone so damaged about 'Canada is not winning waAaAaAaA'?

 

[Empoleon8771]

What the f*** is wrong with this site lately? Why is everyone so damaged about 'Canada is not winning waAaAaAaA'?

Because the Leafs and Oilers just got eliminated.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I still genuinely can't believe that there are actually Canadians who get so upset about no Canadian teams winning the Cup that they make an issue out of it every single year.

Doesn't bother me one bit.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

Doesn't bother me one bit.

Same. Helps I don't cheer for a team in Canada, likely.

 

[Bgav]

The ramparts packed 20k into their arena regularly and here we have the Coyotes struggling to fill an arena with a quarter of the capacity. The 2010 gold medal game was watched by 2/3 of the country.

 

[Lt Dan]

What the f*** is wrong with this site lately? Why is everyone so damaged about 'Canada is not winning waAaAaAaA'?

It happens every season when Canada is eliminated. I think it's a little worse this year because Toronto made the second round and Edmonton thought this was this year.
These threads will be back again next May

 

[Frank Drebin]

The Oilers could have traded for any of Georgiyev, Samsonov or Vanacek in the off-season over signing Campbell to a contract that immediately became one of the worst in the league. All of those guys were either RFAs (prior to Samsonov not being qualified by the Capitals) and had no other NHL options outside of Edmonton if they traded for one of them.

Them deciding to go all-in on Campbell was entirely their decision.

You are correct. The GM deserves a lot of blame. Things could have and should have been done differently.

Only in Edmonton could something like this happen though.

 

[Viqsi]

Holy wall of text.

I'm not cheering for your crappy team either but both Winnipeg and Edmonton have the same disadvantages.

You think pld would want to leave for Montreal if he was currently playing in Dallas or florida? You think varlamov would have nixed a trade to Carolina? The pressure is on to win with McDrai because who would want to stay in Edmonton when you could play anywhere.

You think young players want to stay for a discount in Montreal where they already pay the highest taxes in the league and have to deal with idiotic fans?

The deck is stacked against Canadian teams. Posters like to blame management but really it's an almost impossible task to build a winner up here.

The bolded is ironic considering that this reply is larger than the "wall of text" in question.

 

[robertocarlos]

i say this because i feel with bettman calling the shots, i don't see canadian nhl teams have a chance to win..

i believe its time for canadians to create their own professional hockey league just like the CFL...

in this professional league, the salaries will be lower and the ticket prices will be affordable for families...

i say to canadians let the NHL go with its pro american business mindset...and embrace a new league that will cater to hockey crazed canadians..

With TV and the internet a Canadian league could put the NHL out of business. We could have a much better game.

 

[Frank Drebin]

forget it i'll probably get banned for posting an actual wall of text

 

[robertocarlos]

Soccer is a global game, hockey is a continental game that 5/7 continents don’t give a shit about.

Edit: correction, maybe Antarctica cares.

Penguin fans no doubt.

 

[Viqsi]

Uhh, your best player requested to be traded there about 10 months ago. Taxes were a major selling point.

Remember?

This is like saying that taxes were a major reason why law enforcement was going after Al Capone.

 

[Frank Drebin]

This is like saying that taxes were a major reason why law enforcement was going after Al Capone.

Thats two head scratchers by you in the same page.

The guy (Florida fan) was basically saying "what good did low taxes get us", forgetting that Matthew Tkachuk requested a trade to a US team in a city with no state taxes.

I'm not sure whats hard to follow about that post or the wall of text post.

 

[psycat]

I mean I much prefer watching my local(national) league over the NHL even if the level is very low compared to it. Simply because to me hockey is more about feelings than the on ice-product(heck lower skill level is often more entertaining simply because it's not as linear) so I could see Canadians wanting that.

Heck if we pretend all NHL:ers ceased to exist over night and that they never had existed in the first place how many would find, say, the AHL less interesting than the NHL is now? I mean if you didn't know about it would you find the game less exciting because the skill level is lower? There would still be star players and relative nobodies and they are still good athletes.

Of course the thing about Bettman preventing Canadian teams from winning is nonsense, both Edmonton and certainly Toronto have the players to do it but they choke and choke.

 

[Viqsi]

Thats two head scratchers by you in the same page.

The guy (Florida fan) was basically saying "what good did low taxes get us", forgetting that Matthew Tkachuk requested a trade to a US team in a city with no state taxes.

I'm not sure whats hard to follow about that post or the wall of text post.

I'm pretty sure the "US team" part meant more. And "no state taxes"? There's a Freudian slip if ever I saw one.

 

[BonMorrison]

Canadians are literally so embarrassing LMAOOO

 

[Shane Diesel]

Make Canada Great Again!

 

[Frank Drebin]

I'm pretty sure the "US team" part meant more. And "no state taxes"? There's a Freudian slip if ever I saw one.

I can be obtuse, can you help me understand the freudian slip?