Call me a naysayer, but the logistics of this are monumental. I believe to make a euro division work, you need to have 5 to 8 teams join the league in one season. Imagine the process of getting this many teams ready to go at the same time.
I can’t imagine how you would make the playoffs work, once a euro division winner is declared. Then what, how can you have teams jetting back and fourth across the ocean. Imagine if a west coast team played an euro team.
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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I think a European division is closer than we think. Whether it will succeed or not is a different question but I think that’s the next move for the NHL. So I think a 5th 8 team division is possible.
London
Paris
Stockholm
Helsinki
Berlin
Prague
Zürich
And maybe a gamble in a non-traditional market, maybe Rome?
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