SoupNazi
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I'll post you pictures of arena packed!
This club is gonna be "ridiculized" like Lev and Jokerit!
Look at how rediculis is Slovan for example:
Or a club that was established in 1967 and has 6 Finnish League Championship titles and 2 European Championship titles.Why would you compare a 95-year-old club that already had Slovakia's largest fan base before joining the KHL with this plastic waste?
Why would you compare a 95-year-old club that already had Slovakia's largest fan base before joining the KHL with this plastic waste?
What do you think about Lev?
It took them playing the Gagarin Cup finals and all of the other Prague clubs out of the playoffs to get to those fans. I guess Crowns would need something like that to maybe get half of those fans. And you have to remember that Czechs like to watch hockey, not just their own team. A comparison between the Czech and Swedish World Championship attendance numbers shows this pretty clear.What do you think about Lev?
Well, they folded after playing in Gagarin Cup finals? Right after almost being the best in KHL? One more game would get them to the best ever they can do in the league yet they folded. Lev is not a good example here. We want stable and consistent teams, don't we?
This is a project that does not care about money at the moment, they will try to explore the swedish market.
I know that ice hockey is an expensive sport to watch live in Sweden and the new team will attract fans with cheap tickets. Also the attraction to watch SKA, CSKA, Jokerit, Slovan, Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Minsk etc. and of course many Swedes will like to go and hate the russian teams, i.e. the bad uncle Putin.
I am sure that if the Crowns reach the playoffs and have ties with CSKA, SKA, Jokerit, Dinamo Riga there will be a full house. Finally, I have a feeling that there will be some very, very good and interesting players on Crown's roster.
The most important thing for KHL was to reach one of the best ice hockey markets - Sweden. Not the best start, but at least a start and Crowns is much more attractive than Vityaz /with their 1500 fans/ or Yugra for example.
This league is slowly growing, you can't deny this simple fact. Chinese money, teams from Finland, Sweden, the question is who will be next.
Clubs from Germany and Switzerland will be icing on the cake and I think that will happen sooner rather than later.
After all we read here for 2 years that swedish team in KHL is impossible to happen.
Also the attraction to watch SKA, CSKA, Jokerit, Slovan, Dinamo Moscow, Dinamo Minsk etc. and of course many Swedes will like to go and hate the russian teams, i.e. the bad uncle Putin.
I am sure that if the Crowns reach the playoffs and have ties with CSKA, SKA, Jokerit, Dinamo Riga there will be a full house.
After all we read here for 2 years that swedish team in KHL is impossible to happen.
Seems AIK was first option for KHL one more time. What do you think? Can KHL renegotiate with AIK one more time after Crowns is unrealistic project?
This kind of people need to realize that the KHL is the best hockey there is in Europe right now and if in Sweden/Finland/Czech R./Germany/whatever will appear a team, that team will most likely be well-attended, even more than in their beloved lilliput leagues, which right now in modern world is a thing for losers.
Seems AIK was first option for KHL one more time. What do you think? Can KHL renegotiate with AIK one more time after Crowns is unrealistic project?
I have a hard time believing that fans of AIK would let it happen. Malmö I could see if they didn't advance to the SHL but not a chance now