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Are you even aware of how many top scorers in various European leagues have turned out complete no-shows in international play?
The answer will be short and to the point. No, I am not. Not at all.
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Are you even aware of how many top scorers in various European leagues have turned out complete no-shows in international play?
Hockey in July just seems wrong, what happened to taking the summer off... are these the regular club players dressed for these games or are they just rookies, and fill-ins?
Are these people forced to retire at 35 too?
The answer will be short and to the point. No, I am not. Not at all.
For example, Finnish league top goal scores in the 90's, Petri Varis, Pasi Saarela and Kai Nurminen, were irrelevant on the international level.
That is not Finnish.
1 - that's just one country. Furthermore, the other question is did they have minor roles on the national team and hence less contribution with less ice time.
1 - that's just one country. Furthermore, the other question is did they have minor roles on the national team and hence less contribution with less ice time.
This reminds me of lockout discussions where everyone is complaining players are greedy and millionaires anyway, they should just give in and play.
You say they can survive without a few weeks of vacation because they are being paid to entertain but do you feel like a winner in this situation? Do you gain anything? Do you feel more entertained because of it? What's at stake here, exactly?
You are brilliant as always. The last playoff game in the KHL was on 19th April. The regular season ended on 24th February. That makes 3-4 months of time for the players to recover. Come on tell me more about lockouts(what does this has to do with anything here?) and how maybe a couple of weeks less of vacation will spoil the 3 months of recuperation and well deserved rest for the players.
Well to me it's not about how long they can rest but at what time. Frankly, to me, it's not even about them but about me. Who the hell things it's a good idea to start season in August and end it in February? Probably same people who came up with that great KHL schedule where we have 10 games at the same time but only every second day.
Well to me it's not about how long they can rest but at what time. Frankly, to me, it's not even about them but about me. Who the hell thinks it's a good idea to start season in August and end it in February? Probably same people who came up with that great KHL schedule where we have 10 games at the same time but only every second day.
The question we should really be asking is that since all the European top hockey countries focus heavily on their national teams and the Worlds, how much benefit is there in having a post season that lasts almost two months? The regular fixtures for the national teams won't have been palying competitive games for over two months before the Worlds or will be pretty beat up if they make to the semifinals or finals. Some Finns playing in the KHL already said this year during Team Finland's training camp (which begins a couple weeks after the regualr season is over in Finland) that it's hard to keep your form when you haven't played a competitive game since February and the Worlds are still so far away and your mind and body are longing for the off-season. Would it be better for all if the KHL at least maed the first round (or even the second) of the playoffs a best of 5 series? I mean we've already established that the Russian clubs don't care about revenue and profit so what's the point in prolonging the season? To copy the NHL for the sake of copying?
Did it occur to you that there is a direct correlation between the number of games and the amount of revenue? The more games, the more revenue. Its as simple as that. I can't imagine how this concept is even discussed.
Regulars. The league thought it would be a smart idea to have the season start in August already when naturally everyone in Europe is so excited about hockey!
I do find this a bit humorous when so many Europeans love to trash having the Canada / World Cup in late August.
I do find this a bit humorous when so many Europeans love to trash having the Canada / World Cup in late August.
But as I said, several Russian posters have made it very clear that revenue/profit doesn't matter in the end to club bosses. They care about winning only.
Totally different issue! Completely irrelevant to the length of the season or when the season starts.
Having said that it also feels weird to watch NHL games as late of the year as in June.
going unsold as a result.
oh I got the sarcasm. I find it funny since I've seen Russian poster talk at length about how awful hockey in August is in the context of the Canada / World Cup, but now their own domestic league is starting in July.