Champions Hockey League 2018-2019

[vorky]

In a hockey system which has never made any money and is completely lost from a financial point of view. Where you become champion of a country by sinking in 40 million euros and see maybe 5 million come back. Way to be proud of something.

Every financially responsible team in the KHL went "modest team > bottom dweller > out of the league" route and you are bragging the league can throw meaningless amount of money away for some tickets. How about they create an environment where teams would get something from participating in it and could pay for the tickets themselves?

The problem is the CHL has not created such an environment. And the league is run the way to never achieve this goal.

 

[SoundAndFury]

The problem is the CHL has not created such an environment. And the league is run the way to never achieve this goal.

Well if anything, this Kazakh debacle proves it at least aims to.

 

[Jussi]

Well if anything, this Kazakh debacle proves it at least aims to.

Plus teams already can make money by succeeding in the CHL. Kärpät profits for the season were increased when they played in the finals and even semifinals. JYP ended up with a big minus for last season largely due to both on-the-ice (eliminated in the first round of Liiga playoffs) and off-the-ice issues not related to the CHL, but they would have been a lot bigger had they not won it.

 

[Alessandro Seren Rosso]

Plus teams already can make money by succeeding in the CHL.

So much money that they can't afford a ticket to Kazakhstan. Is this an anecdote or is it really happening?

 

[vorky]

Well if anything, this Kazakh debacle proves it at least aims to.

How does this prove it?

Perhaps you have not studied the CHL enough. If you did, you would found articles claiming something like "if you are unlucky (a club from Central Europe) and you get a club from the North (Sweden/Finland), you have no chance to be in green numbers."

That is not a problem of travelling to Kazakhstan. It is a problem of travelling in Europe. There are CHL clubs who can not afford it, even with all prize money.

 

[OskarOskarius]

Reward money will only keep increasing as the CHL is growing stronger. By 2022 it will double. If it keep increasing in that pace it will soon be the premier hockey tournament in Europe.

 

[Jussi]

So much money that they can't afford a ticket to Kazakhstan. Is this an anecdote or is it really happening?

You do understand the difference between going to Kazakhstan in a group game and playing in the semifinals or finals?

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Is Lucas Raymond playing?

 

[OskarOskarius]

1-0 Frölunda already, we are going to the finals baby.

 

[snipes]

So is Frolunda the favourites then? They’ve looked better than either of the Red Bull teams.

We have pretty good coverage of this in Canada on TSN. Hopefully this continues to grow.

 

[SoundAndFury]

So is Frolunda the favourites then? They’ve looked better than either of the Red Bull teams.

We have pretty good coverage of this in Canada on TSN. Hopefully this continues to grow.

Obviously, the Swedish team is a favorite against German or Austrian ones. Salzburg getting to this point is a big surprise already.

 

[SoundAndFury]

I'm sure the Red Bull teams will offer better opposition than Plzen.

Based on what?

 

[OskarOskarius]

I'm disappointed about Plzen using an Indian logo. Imagine having a hockey club in the birth place of the pilsner and not having any reference to that in your logo.

 

[snipes]

Obviously, the Swedish team is a favorite against German or Austrian ones. Salzburg getting to this point is a big surprise already.

True. The German team has looked not bad though. I assume KHL teams would dominate this if they participated.

The atmosphere when the Red Bull teams played each other was excellent.

 

[Jussi]

True. The German team has looked not bad though. I assume KHL teams would dominate this if they participated.

The atmosphere when the Red Bull teams played each other was excellent.

Were there competing "Red Bull" chants?

 

[OskarOskarius]

Damn we are good. 3-0. 9-3 in aggregate.

 

[Renmar]

I'm disappointed about Plzen using an Indian logo. Imagine having a hockey club in the birth place of the pilsner and not having any reference to that in your logo.

Do you even know why are they using that logo?

 

[OskarOskarius]

Do you even know why are they using that logo?

Plzen? No idea. From Wikipedia I have read that it was the symbol of a US regiment.

 

[hangman005]

MOD NOTE: Please keep things on track, we are here to discuss the Champions Hockey League, if you want to discuss the other aspects of the league not related to the actual hockey then create another thread. This is not the place to compare different leagues.

 

[Slimmy]

Go Red Bull!

 

[Slimmy]

Great atmosphere in tonights game. The countries on the continent seem to get it. Hoping my fellow Swedes will come to realise that this is the future of European hockey.

 

[Urbanskog]

Any word on whether the final will be held at Scandinavium or the cowshed Frölunda uses as a secondary arena?

 

[Slimmy]

Any word on whether the final will be held at Scandinavium or the cowshed Frölunda uses as a secondary arena?

Scandinavium. Already announced.

EDIT: Or, should I say, announced today.

 

[Slimmy]

Goal, Salzburg!

 

[OskarOskarius]

If it's held in Scandinavium and they manage to sell say 10k tickets, then I'm close to 100% confident Frölunda will win the final.