steveayres35
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It would be interesting if EA included KHL teams in their video games...
It would be interesting if EA included KHL teams in their video games...
Regarding the EA & the KHL. If I understand it, the EA refused to add the KHL into the video game because of the NHL. They cannot promote the KHL at that video game. Instead, the KHL has developed another project - the hockey fantasy game, here.
We are not losing players to SKA. We do to the NHL. Now what? I also don't want any compensation from the NHL. I want the players in my arena.I don't actually think anyone in the KHL hates the NHL either. Maybe the people who hate anything American but really not much else. All this "no compensation" stuff only comes from vorky as well because for a usual KHL fan, if you aren't losing that player to NHL you are to the SKA. And at this point, I'd say SKA is way more hated than the NHL.
You are very right about the NHL´s behaviour.We are not losing players to SKA. We do to the NHL. Now what? I also don't want any compensation from the NHL. I want the players in my arena.
The real problem is people obsessed with the general idea of hatred. Why would I hate? A competition is a competition. All means to improve the KHL icluding those hurting the NHL are welcome. The NHL certainly isn't shy of using everything they can.
The NHL as a league has nothing to do with the video game series, it's independent franchise run by EA has nothing to do with the NHL. It's very comparable to FIFA and the EA Sports FIFA series. It takes the name, but it's purely for marketing reasons and there's no actual connection. EA Sports owns and runs FIFA, NHL, Madden, and all of the other series well outside of the realm of those leagues/organizations.
But but it is second best leagueThis is like asking why the Philadelphia Flyers don’t have a rivalry with the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. They are literally not in the same league.
Though with the FIFA franchise there has been a lot of politics like this, one rival signing with EA and another with Konami, but indeed with the KHL that's not really the case.
For example when Borussia Dortmund left Konami they had Schalke sign a deal the very next day. Currently the Buenos Aires giants do not both fit in FIFA, Boca signing an exclusive deal with Konami. Colo Colo (vs. Universidad) is a similar case. Sometimes it's about more than money, in soccer anyway.
I think its partly the media's fault, especially in North America, the seem to always portray the KHL as some thing that is trying to fight and compete.
I mean the league is 11 years old? and in a VERY different environment than the NHL.
Any sane fan of either league should understand there is no competition, the NHL is and for the foreseeable future, always will be the top hockey league. I prefer the KHL because I prefer the euro style of hockey and the geography is more relevant and interesting to me than US/Canada and sure it sucks if a top player in the league leaves or gets 'stolen' and sure there should probably be some better way to deal with it.
I loved going to Croatia for games...no more.I love the KHL for that reason as well. Travelling across the Baltics, Scandinavia or Eastern Europe to see cheer for your team. Aamzing.
Fan base is as good as the NHL.
We are not losing players to SKA. We do to the NHL. Now what? I also don't want any compensation from the NHL. I want the players in my arena.
The real problem is people obsessed with the general idea of hatred. Why would I hate? A competition is a competition. All means to improve the KHL icluding those hurting the NHL are welcome. The NHL certainly isn't shy of using everything they can.
But but it is second best league
Maybe get the league on better footing...make it reliable (I have heard of multiple teams being unable to pay players) lower tier teams stop being cheap in terms of transportation etc...and market the league...there are crazy hockey fans in NA that are absolutely sick of Bettman and the NHL...want to compete (as any league should) then step up to the plate and make it a real place to play...as of right now the Swiss league is more realistic than the KHL in North American's eyes
Maybe get the league on better footing...make it reliable (I have heard of multiple teams being unable to pay players) lower tier teams stop being cheap in terms of transportation etc...and market the league...there are crazy hockey fans in NA that are absolutely sick of Bettman and the NHL...want to compete (as any league should) then step up to the plate and make it a real place to play...as of right now the Swiss league is more realistic than the KHL in North American's eyes
How long did it take the NHL to get the league on better footing?
Cheap in terms of tranportation what? This is your propaganda speaking.
The swiss league can't compete with the KHL on the ice, so there is that. And the more realistic aspect is more or less again your propaganda speaking. I have seen a lot of NA expats in Russia in my time. Their expectations when they came here were absurd to say the least. All courtesy of the image of Russia pushed by your media over there.
Point being the KHL does not need to be a all world league in terms of where the players come from. If NA players wat to stay away - fine. The KHL should live of and develop the russian players pool first and foremost to produce enough players to have backbone of a competitive league. The foreigner limit as it is now is perfectly fine with me.
The development of the league in general is a process. It has and will have it setbacks. And as people aren't happy with Bettman I am not happy at all with the current KHL front office. They desintegrate what was already there and can't move forward.
How long did it take the NHL to get the league on better footing?
Cheap in terms of tranportation what? This is your propaganda speaking.
The swiss league can't compete with the KHL on the ice, so there is that. And the more realistic aspect is more or less again your propaganda speaking. I have seen a lot of NA expats in Russia in my time. Their expectations when they came here were absurd to say the least. All courtesy of the image of Russia pushed by your media over there.
Point being the KHL does not need to be a all world league in terms of where the players come from. If NA players wat to stay away - fine. The KHL should live of and develop the russian players pool first and foremost to produce enough players to have backbone of a competitive league. The foreigner limit as it is now is perfectly fine with me.
The development of the league in general is a process. It has and will have it setbacks. And as people aren't happy with Bettman I am not happy at all with the current KHL front office. They desintegrate what was already there and can't move forward.
Well, CSKA has won it's first KHL championship this year, SKA has won twice. That's 3 championships in 11 years. If what you were told there was true then the league is not doing it properlyI don't follow the KHL closely but isn't it basically set up to allow CSKA Moscow (SKA Moscow) to be THE team in the league? I think I saw something a year or two ago about the league blatantly pushing them ahead in the playoffs when a minnow team was on the verge of upsetting them...I think it may have been a Dinamo team but again I am not sure...any info is appreciated!