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Advantage East Coast Teams If NHL Expands To Europe
by Paul on 10/07/08 at 09:30 PM ET
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from Tony Gallagher of the Vancouver Province via the National Post,
Teams on the eastern seaboard would clearly have a greater advantage and by the end of a long season their fatigue-level advantage would make players in Vancouver envious.
Given this new landscape, any free agent worth a hoot would turn up his nose at all West Coast locations unless he was significantly overpaid to put his body through the travel mill. The Canucks would be hard pressed to sign Byron Ritchie as a free agent let alone Alexander Ovechkin when he gets free.
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so let me get this straight. the canucks plan on making a run at Ovechkin in 11 years from now?
Posted by bsalamon on 10/08/08 at 10:01 AM ET
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I really don’t think the outlook has to be so grim. Anaheim is basically the only evidence Mr. Gallagher presents, and one sample point isn’t data. It’s not clear how much of an effect the European trip had, especially given all the other things they went through at the start of that season. And a eurotrip would certainly be less strenuous if players have time to acclimate themselves and spend much longer overseas--I’m sure they’ll be playing more than two games per trip.
As for the benefit to North American fans, well, that’s tougher. It’s unreasonably optimistic to suggest that the NHL will always attract and keep nearly all the best talent in the world, though.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 10/08/08 at 12:08 AM ET