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Europe On The NHL Radar
by Paul on 09/12/08 at 08:58 AM ET
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from William Houston/David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,
The NHL is aiming to have teams based in Europe within the next 10 years, the league’s deputy commissioner said yesterday.
“As time goes on, you’ll see us making increasing movement into Europe,” Bill Daly said in an interview. “Certainly, it’s a possibility that within 10 years time we will be playing games there.”
Asked whether he viewed European expansion within 10 years as a good possibility, he said: “I hope so. But again, I think it’s a long way between here and there. And I think all the pieces have to continue to line up in order for that to happen.
“So, certainly, we would hope that would be the case. But I can’t say with any degree of certainty at this point.”
Update 11:09am ET (alanah): From Pierre LeBrun at ESPN—
There remain hurdles, to be sure, serious ones. For starters, there’s the issue of travel. That’s obvious. But I believe the one issue that worries the NHL even more is European sports fans generally aren’t used to paying the same kind of money for tickets as North Americans. Getting fans in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, the Czech Republic, etc., to pay out bigger amounts for NHL games will be the real test if and when this ever comes to fruition.
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