OskarOskarius
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I have always thought that Germany is a wealthy country with wealthy teams owners. It is just absurd that a league can not survive a few months with limited attendance.My guess is September 2021. They are still hoping to manage a start in the second half of December, but I doubt that will work.
Corona cases are skyrocketing and teams need more than the currently allowed 20% crowd capacity.
I have always thought that Germany is a wealthy country with wealthy teams owners.
I know the reality of European club hockey. And I know German soccer =/= German hockey. And yes, German hockey should play a bigger role, much bigger, in European club hockey. So, I have been saying for a decade - a big business needs to get into European hockey.In hockey? Since when? The sport has hardly ever been a great priority, otherwise a big and wealthy country like Germany wouldn't play such a modest role on the European stage.
I just see Eisbären with connections to Anschutz Entertainment Group (I know about destiny of Freezers, it is very easy to close a team), Adler with SAP, Munchen with Red Bull. All those companies I consider as wealthy, much wealthier than clubs´ owners in Czech or Slovak hockey (both leagues are playing) and likely in Finland and Sweden as well. Yes, remaining DEL clubs do not have such a backing.
Yeah, so European (not only German) hockey should do everything possible to get more such owners. But it is another story & thread.Well, you name it. Three very rich owners and the rest doesn't have a similar backing.
Well, you name it. Three very rich owners and the rest doesn't have a similar backing.
Yeah, so European (not only German) hockey should do everything possible to get more such owners. But it is another story & thread.
Yeah, I understand you.I would also consider Frank Gotthardt, the owner of the Haie a wealthy owner. But yeah, thats about it...
Unfortunately, the examples of Hamburg and Nuremberg have shown how limited the interest is. Hamburg went under when Anschutz pulled out, because there was no one willing to save them (depsite Hamburg being a rather wealthy city) and Nuremberg had to find many smaller investors after Sabo decided he didnt want to bank role the team anymore and swallow all losses by himself.
The only "big fish" that was really interested in investing into the league was Mikhail Ponomarev in Krefeld, which was thankfully averted, due to his less than stellar reputation as a part owner in Dusseldorf and his ownership of the Krefeld Football club which is really suffering from his meddling...
More details starting to transpire. Starts on Nov 11, 8 teams in 2 groups, 24 match days followed by semis and finals. Not sure if the latter will be single games or best-of rounds.Rumours are that only 7 to 10 clubs might play 20-21 DEL season, of course including the big ones. There might be an even smaller „pre-season“ tournament in November, sponsored by Deutsche Telekom (DEL streaming partner).
Group A
Bremerhaven
Düsseldorf
Krefeld
Wolfsburg
Group B
Berlin
Mannheim
Munich
Schwenningen
The Habs just loaned RD prospect Josh Brook to Krefeld, is it possible for people in North America to watch DEL games online?
Decision made:All 14 teams will take part of the season if there is a season, decission is tomorrow. Cologne confirmed today as the last team.
Düsseldorf goalie situation
Looking at roster on EliteProspects they have two inexperienced goaltenders. Are there plans to add a veteran or are these guys ready to play at the men's level?
It seems like Krefeld are back to being a chaos club. After being saved from financial collapse they went on a big spending spree, putting together a roster that had some potential and just days after the announcement that the DEL will start next month, the situation in Krefeld has deteriorated rapidly. Yesterday their coach, Glen Hanlon, quit (after only 26 days) stating family reasons and the ongoing pandemic. His Assistant will take over in the interim.
Meanwhile, it seems like the new owner and the team manager have asked the team to take another paycut for the team to be able to play in the DEL this year, with Seems some players were not happy with this announcement and did not take warm up last Thursday in protest of the request for a further paycut.
The Team manager supposedly said that players can either accept the pay cut or get out. Seems that this wasnt an empty threat as Eugen Alanov, who signed in the summer from Nuremberg, is leaving to join Dusseldorf. Top transfer Kris Foucault, who joined in August from Ingolstadt (who themselves had to cut back since one of their bigger sponsors withdrew) is also set to leave for a "league rival", which seems to be Berlin. Both Wade Bergamn (Signed from Wofsburg in September) and Colin Smith (Signed from Cologne in August) are apparently also no longer part of the team. Further players that are supposedly being shopped include Throsten Ankert (C) and Kai Hospelt, as well as Martin Schymainski. If I remember correctly, Schymainski was part of the group of players alongside Pietta, that the new owners desperately wanted to get rid off, despite both being home grown and absolute fan favorites.
While on the face of it, you could perhaps understand the owners request for a given the current situation paycut, it kind of becomes a bit of a ridiculous situation when you consider Krefeld was literally on the verge of financial collapse in the spring and then went on a big spending spree in the summer, despite the uncertainty regarding incoming gameday revenues. Especially since 4 of those leaving are players that joined this past summer.
Source listed by elite prospects (I can't speak to how good this source is) and the article from the Westdeutsche Zeitung on the situation.