He said that the gap between the wealthiest and poorest clubs is 8 times, in NHL it is 2 times.
Does he really think that Toronto is like 2 times more than Arizona?
To be honest I'd be shocked if it was like that, I don't buy it. Surely it's not 8 times like in the KHL or other Euro leagues, but it can't be just two times.
24 teams is a joke. I'm not talking about adding or reducing Russian teams, just that we sould aim to 30-32 teams.
Nowadays the regular season is hardly of any use, with 24 teams and 16 making to the playoffs it will just be redicolous.
While its true they have to think long term. If they must make tough choices now that pay off in 5-7 years then its worth it for the league as a whole, surely?
There is interest from traditional EU hockey countries (CZ, SUI, SWE, GER) and non-traditional EU hockey countries.
Thx, I could not remember the word."entertainment"
24 teams is a joke. I'm not talking about adding or reducing Russian teams, just that we sould aim to 30-32 teams.
Nowadays the regular season is hardly of any use, with 24 teams and 16 making to the playoffs it will just be redicolous.
Does he really think that Toronto is like 2 times more than Arizona?
To be honest I'd be shocked if it was like that, I don't buy it. Surely it's not 8 times like in the KHL or other Euro leagues, but it can't be just two times.
I dont see a problem with 24 teams & 16 making playoffs.
You're right of course, but our great expert Chernyshenko said "24 teams is the optimal" so I fear he means that in the long term
At this point they should just have the KHL having Moscow vs Leningrad, without playoffs as some old farts suggested earlier, I'm sure they will have the same as NHL budgets and all.
Too bad they won't have players nor fans
The KHL has problems of predictability and actual regular season usefulness with 29 teams, with 24 it would be even more polarized. In the latest years of the RSL we had 19 teams and 16 playoff spots, we want to get back to that nonsense????
I'm tired of thanking vorky but he keeps delivering awesome piece of news. Thanks again, amazing job!
The detailed plans are also on KHL website in English now but there is not much to add on top of what vorky has already shared here.
I for one am delighted with what I've read. Honestly, even though I'm in love with almost anything related to Russia, I never believed KHL would get its **** together and start smarter planning for a better-structured, stable league; this is not something Russian lads are known for. However, it seems that those guys are literally working on every aspect we have been discussing about here since forever.
If they can actually put their plans into work, then we will have a very very strong competition soon. There is not a single point for me to argue - everything they plan to do is very beneficial for this league. I'd kill myself if they removed my Amur, Admiral, Torpedo, Sibir and Avto but I doubt they'd do such a crazy thing. All those teams (except Amur and Avto) do fairly well in general and most of them have very solid fan support.
Time to kick Yugra, Vityaz, Severstal, Novokuznetsk and possibly add some good/profitable teams from new markets. It's time for the revolution, rebyata!
I heard KHL is reducing the number of teams to 24. What teams are they eliminating? I cannot seem to find the answer on the KHL website.
There is no way Dinamo Rīga survives this contraction. Our on ice product has been garabage for past few seasons, perennial bottom-feeders.
No, it's just discussions. I think that there won't be any shrinking this year excluding Medvescak which already announced that they will be playing in the EBEL. Metallurg Nk may be in touble too. I have heard that this may be the latest season for Yugra, perhaps that's the reason why they got Zakharkin, so they maybe will ahve a good team and convince the boards to let them stay.
At this point it's a huge "WIP".
Why would Metallurg be in trouble? They're one of the top teams in the league, and they bring revenue.
You are speaking about Metallurg Magnitogorsk (runner up this season & champion 2016), Alessandro speaking about Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Ohh......but that means one city has two teams? Well, I guess that makes sense, given the fact the NHL has two New York teams.
No, it's Magnitogorsk and Novokuznetsk that are the city names. So it's more like Carolina Panthers and Florida Panthers, but in the same league.
As bordshockeypampen said, it is two different cities, only both clubs have the same name (Metallurg). It is like with all Dinamos - Dinamo Minsk (Belarus), Dynamo Moscow (Russia) and Dinamo Riga (Latvia). If we look at soccer then we have Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) and Slovan Liberec (Czech rep)
I think that Riga is an interesting option for the KHL. The team has a tight budget unfortunately, but it doesn't seem to be debts and these ugly things.
I am all for Riga in and I do hope that you guys will ice again a competitive team. Sad to see Cibulskis go but maybe he felt it was the right time for a change.