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Originally Posted by valo403
You should listen closer, Europeans were livid when the 2010 Olympics was played on NHL ice.
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One of the things that sometimes irritates me quite a bit is how often people on this board say truly ridiculous things when it comes to Europeans and/or European hockey.
I mean, is there anyone on this board who does not know that
all top European players play in the NHL? It's propable that the majority of the players on the signicant teams (that have any real voice in the matter) have played MORE professional games on NHL sized ice than European sized ice. (Which are not all the same size btw.)
So why would the Euros care that much? Yes, it's nice to play on a big ice because it gives the European teams a slight advantage, but overall, NHL players like playing on NHL ice, no matter where they played their junior years.
I get that people don't watch the KHL, and I get why people know next to nothing about the SEL or the FEL or what ever.
But this? This is stuff that EVERYBODY knows who knows anything about hockey, if they take one second to think about it. Sheesh.
/rant