ECHL absorbs CHL, 7 teams to join ECHL for 2014-15 season
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LadyStanley
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Not yet, but there should be in a few days. If all seven survive to next year, they should prosper. I'm interested in Indy/Wichita since that was my first-ever hockey game.
Even if the ECHL loses California, the SI report stated they would get a foothold in the East Coast again.
I'm just glad its over.
I wouldn't be so sure the new teams will prosper. The teams who made the jump from the UHL to the ECHL, as in Kalamazoo, Elmira, and Fort Wayne have all seen attendance declines once the "newness" of the ECHL product has worn off.
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Mightygoose
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Glad ot hear it's done and hopefully this will lead to some stability in the AA level. The re schedule for this season is tight but might as well get it done.
Any thoughts after this season if this merged league will get re named?
Any thoughts after this season if this merged league will get re named?
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The ECHL has a strong brand, and is well-established as the AA league in hockey. I'd be stunned if the ownership altered the league name in any way.
time to sack the CHL and get a stronger ECHL together. I think a true, stable 1:1:1 affiliation will be great for hockey. It works extremely well for baseball.
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Regardless of how this turns out, just hope it opens the door for Peoria to jump up from the SPHL.
CHL teams will add 6 more games to get to 72 with some combination(3 home 3 away- 4 home 2away)with existing ECHL teams.
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When the West teams go AHL it makes no sense not to re-name it back to the East Coast Hockey League. Other people in the hockey world still call it that...even Doc Emerick.
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Adding more teams doesn't make your league stronger.vthey had issues with this a few years back. Lol at Quad City though. They have had like 4 owners in 5 years and aren't stable in anyway.
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I know for me the product has gotten boring. We have never in 7 years had a guy who became an NHL regular. They way over sell this. This isn't baseball where everyone plays minor league ball. Lots of continuity lacked. I don't care what guys do after Elmira and they all have dreams beyond Elmira.
Taro Tsujimoto
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Interesting issue here: Dallas, Minnesota, and Tampa Bay had affiliates in the CHL (Allen, Quad City, and Brampton, respectively) as well as in the ECHL (Idaho, Alaska, and Florida, respectively). Surely they won't be allowed to have two affiliates each...
There's no rule against it. It's happened before in the ECHL. Just means each of the affiliates will only get a few players.
Here's a map, will need tweaked if teams change divisions, although I expect the CHL to be its own division this year.
https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=218391698907303240366.0004b6ea9ee3863136346&msa=0&dg=feature
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https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msid=218391698907303240366.0004b6ea9ee3863136346&msa=0&dg=feature
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I suppose they didn't want to rub anyone's nose in it. After all the announcement is specific that it is not a merger: The ECHL announced on Tuesday that the League’s Board of Governors has approved the Membership applications of the Allen Americans, Brampton Beast, Missouri Mavericks, Quad City Mallards, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder for admission to the ECHL.
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The CHL is finally dead. Will be interesting to see how former CHL franchises do come playoff time. However looking at recent signings for the CHL franchises the last few weeks have brought in more ECHL caliber players.
Also here's what this absorption is like to me lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvAAYjmqkE&feature=player_detailpage
Also since this isn't a merger, that would mean CHL officials are out of a job or does the ECHL take them in as well?
Also here's what this absorption is like to me lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRvAAYjmqkE&feature=player_detailpage
Also since this isn't a merger, that would mean CHL officials are out of a job or does the ECHL take them in as well?
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It's not a merger on paper, but fundamentally it is a merger. Much like when the WCHL joined the ECHL a few years back. I guarantee you that entry fees were either vastly reduced or waived.
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A tweet from Mike McKenna today. I wonder if anything changes as far who the the CHL teams had signed.
https://twitter.com/MikeMcKenna56
According to him, any players signed with CHL for the upcoming season are unrestricted free agents now and can sign with anywhere.
https://twitter.com/MikeMcKenna56
According to him, any players signed with CHL for the upcoming season are unrestricted free agents now and can sign with anywhere.
ripham23232
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Just for clarification, the Stars haven't been affiliated with the Allen Americans for a couple seasons now. Allen and the CHL just never removed that from there websites, info, etc.
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Agreed. Not just the newness wore off, the boring non entertaining hockey did. In an ideal world, the UHL was fantastic for geographic rivalries and intensity.
When?
The NHL has no interest in the ECHL as a AA style development league. Baseball has many more players under contract.
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Really. And yet the ECHL is recognized in the NHL CBA, meaning that a player signed to an NHL (Entry-Level) Contract can only be assigned to a team in the AHL or ECHL. Yet the NHL has "no interest" in the ECHL as a developmental league?
It is true that, as compared to baseball, NHL players are much less likely to have played AA - the development of players in baseball is very different than it is in hockey. But, 14 NHL teams own their AHL franchises ... and those franchises rely upon ECHL affiliates to develop players for the AHL, and also rely on their ECHL affiliates to provide players for recall throughout the season.
So, it's a bit ridiculous to suggest that the NHL has "no interest" in the ECHL. They have a great deal of interest.
