Marek on NHL in Europe

[LadyStanley]

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[AtlantaWhaler]

 

[Takuto Maruki]

People seem to once again believe that American sports leagues should fight god (in this case, time zones and time differences) in order to chase the dragon of more potential European or international fans, when it reality what we have now is probably going to be the best for at least three decades, until technology makes continental Europe flights from North America, especially the west coast, like, two hours max.

Guarantee that if the NHL tried the idea the QT of Marek's tweet suggests, this board, and the vast majority of the peanut gallery would lambast Bettman for making it.

 

[eojsmada]

Can't see the NHL owners, nor the PA being a fan of this. How many home games does each team lose out on? What I mean is that all of the staff, concessions, and building being dark creates a larger problem going forward. Two teams losing out on a home game a piece, for the regular season, seems already a bit too much.

Maybe have one division, every year, have their training camps and the all but one preseason game in Europe with the final ones being in their respective home arenas so the players and staff have a game to get ready and adjust back to North America.

 

[dalewood12]

I anticipate a lot of backlash from the local team's city government and business community. That's a lot of lost local revenue for bars, restaurants and hotels.