BKarchitect
Registered User
Hmmm, I'll have to think this European superleague concept over. It could be really cool but also seems fantastically unrealistic. It would destroy a lot of regional rivalries not to mention the travel would be completely absurd. Also, in a way, isn't the CHL (and Continental Cup) intended to be the continental competition that lets you test your team against others across Europe? Plus the database already has a new fake competition that pits the CHL, CC and KHL winners against each other to crown a "Champion of Europe".
That said, now the creative juices are flowing...I wonder...perhaps each country has a short domestic competition at the beginning of the hockey season and all teams get entered into a massive, tiered European Super League. The domestic season would be stand-alone and have no affect on the Super League. The Super League would have promotion and demotion between levels with the Tier 1 playoff winner obviously being crowned Kings of Europe. Rules would definitely have to be streamlined for the Super League. Not sure how I'd deal with restrictions like minimum domestic players for such a wide-spanning league - probably eliminate them in the Super League but keep them where they exist in domestic leagues. The domestic leagues may have to be more Cup style given limited amount of time and large amounts of teams. Also I'd probably eliminate the CHL and Continental Cup in this world as they would seem rather pointless.
No guarantees any of this would work but let's explore it! Give me some more ideas guys, on how you think this might work or more suggestions!
That said, now the creative juices are flowing...I wonder...perhaps each country has a short domestic competition at the beginning of the hockey season and all teams get entered into a massive, tiered European Super League. The domestic season would be stand-alone and have no affect on the Super League. The Super League would have promotion and demotion between levels with the Tier 1 playoff winner obviously being crowned Kings of Europe. Rules would definitely have to be streamlined for the Super League. Not sure how I'd deal with restrictions like minimum domestic players for such a wide-spanning league - probably eliminate them in the Super League but keep them where they exist in domestic leagues. The domestic leagues may have to be more Cup style given limited amount of time and large amounts of teams. Also I'd probably eliminate the CHL and Continental Cup in this world as they would seem rather pointless.
No guarantees any of this would work but let's explore it! Give me some more ideas guys, on how you think this might work or more suggestions!