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Originally Posted by T@T
As long as the CHL keeps paying peanuts and the NCAA paying nothing I can see it happening a lot. Professional hockey in Switzerland is a big deal nowadays, All games are televised but sort of a PPV style but the teams make good $$$ from them. I read somewhere Bern averages the most hockey fans in all of Europe.
The minute McDavid lost the lottery he should have signed over there.
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Money is one thing. Nice to see he is getting 400k over there. But the biggest test is going to be how it impacts his progression to the NHL. I think there was some rumours back in Crosby's draft year that he should go euro pro. We wont see a widespread trend until a few have tested the waters.