tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post1793598546372845993..comments2024-03-28T02:18:19.215-07:00Comments on Waiting For Stanley: Canada's major junior leagues want to stop drafting EuropeansSean Zandberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16367951232268606248noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-12562383218711430232008-08-20T17:02:00.000-07:002008-08-20T17:02:00.000-07:00Ha! Yeah, your idea sounds good to me.Don't mess w...Ha! <BR/>Yeah, your idea sounds good to me.<BR/>Don't mess with Russians. I married one. They scary!Sean Zandberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367951232268606248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-34048278643202640622008-08-20T15:48:00.000-07:002008-08-20T15:48:00.000-07:00Oh, no doubt about it, Sean. They couldn't play ea...Oh, no doubt about it, Sean. They couldn't play each other during the regular season. The distances are just too much.<BR/><BR/>What they could do is like the old time MLB World Series when the ONLY time the two leagues play each other is the final playoff series, i.e. North American winner versus European winner (in a 4 game, 3 game format, with a few travel days off for the trans-continental travel).<BR/><BR/>Of course, if my country keeps picking fights with Russia....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-75697184837804632262008-08-20T14:01:00.000-07:002008-08-20T14:01:00.000-07:00As I was writing the piece, I was thinking along t...As I was writing the piece, I was thinking along the same lines, Kevin. That would be the ultimate globalization factor indeed. <BR/>The travelling factor would be sick though. <BR/>They could just take the best team from the NHL that wins the Cup and have them play against the top team out of Europe.........<BR/>IT would require a shitload of planning and structuring.Sean Zandberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367951232268606248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31097487.post-77857089494525748052008-08-20T13:48:00.000-07:002008-08-20T13:48:00.000-07:00I think there is a great opportunity here for the ...I think there is a great opportunity here for the NHL to expand to Europe. Let's sit down with the principals and figure out a trans-Atlantic NHL with a North American and a European Conference with the Stanley Cup being awarded to the new finals winner.<BR/><BR/>NA Conference<BR/><BR/>Eastern Division (NE, Atlantic and SE Division<BR/><BR/>Western Division (NW, Central and Pacific Division)<BR/><BR/>European Conference<BR/><BR/>Eastern Division (Russia, Finland, Sweden)<BR/><BR/>Western Division (Germany, Czech, Slovak, France, Switzerland, other points east and south of Germany)<BR/><BR/>Hell, that'd be great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com