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Would Canadian hockey be better off with its own national league?
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Money already doesn’t guarantee the best hockey. The NHL struggles with competitive balance as it is. If a Canadian league emphasized parity, rivalries, and consistent high-level competition, could that offset lower salaries for at least some segment of elite players?
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Money already doesn’t guarantee the best hockey. The NHL struggles with competitive balance as it is. If a Canadian league emphasized parity, rivalries, and consistent high-level competition, could that offset lower salaries for at least some segment of elite players?
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The NHL is by far the league with the most parity between the North American majors. If you think it struggles with competitive balance, try watching other sports.
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We're run by a few oligopolies. Everything is rigged
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58233840 > If Canada ran its own top-tier league, focused on Canadian cities, rivalries, and development, would the sport be healthier and better at the highest level?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58233840 > If Canada ran its own top-tier league, focused on Canadian cities, rivalries, and development, would the sport be healthier and better at the highest level?Am Canadian, and absolutely not. As much as I hate murica, having the NHL be in both Canadian and murican cities is better for the game. Even Canadians that aren't into hockey are at least kind of aware of the big games and big names, same can't be said for murica. The more people that play the game and have a chance at making the big leagues, the better IMO. That being said, I have a huge list of grievances with the NHL and I often see the sentiment of "best sport, worst league" among hockey fans and I agree with that completely. Refs are complete and utter trash, so is the department of player safety. The league is, IMO, quite corrupt and needs a top down reform to expel the old boys club from the top echelons of the league. Hockey Canada itself as an organization is also extremely toxic and relies far too much on the old boys club as well. Just look at the sad state of Canadian goalies lately, we went from Price, Brodeur, Fleury, Luongo, Roy, etc to know having Binnington and Thompson as the Olympics goalies for Canada. Don't get me wrong they aren't bad, but it's a far cry from the prime days of Canada pumping out extremely high quality goalies consistently. Now were average at best, and other countries, including the US (🤮) having *much* better goalies than us. There's also the whole cost thing, hockey has become a rich persons sport. You don't stand a chance of making it to the big leagues unless you're either a generational talent like McDavid or Price, or you spend tens of thousands over the years on professional 1 on 1 coaching. I'm 32 and I had to quit playing organized hockey at 14 cause my parents couldn't afford to pay for the goalie gear and team fees etc and that was back in the mid 2000s. Shits only gotten worse since then. If Canada wants to retain it's position as the dominant hockey nation, then there are a lot of hard changes that need to be made. How many future Price's, Crosby's and McDavid's have simply been priced out of the game and will never get the chance to be what they could've been?
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58233840 > If Canada ran its own top-tier league, focused on Canadian cities, rivalries, and development, would the sport be healthier and better at the highest level?There’s already the CHL/WHL.
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Am Canadian, and absolutely not. As much as I hate murica, having the NHL be in both Canadian and murican cities is better for the game. Even Canadians that aren't into hockey are at least kind of aware of the big games and big names, same can't be said for murica. The more people that play the game and have a chance at making the big leagues, the better IMO. That being said, I have a huge list of grievances with the NHL and I often see the sentiment of "best sport, worst league" among hockey fans and I agree with that completely. Refs are complete and utter trash, so is the department of player safety. The league is, IMO, quite corrupt and needs a top down reform to expel the old boys club from the top echelons of the league. Hockey Canada itself as an organization is also extremely toxic and relies far too much on the old boys club as well. Just look at the sad state of Canadian goalies lately, we went from Price, Brodeur, Fleury, Luongo, Roy, etc to know having Binnington and Thompson as the Olympics goalies for Canada. Don't get me wrong they aren't bad, but it's a far cry from the prime days of Canada pumping out extremely high quality goalies consistently. Now were average at best, and other countries, including the US (🤮) having *much* better goalies than us. There's also the whole cost thing, hockey has become a rich persons sport. You don't stand a chance of making it to the big leagues unless you're either a generational talent like McDavid or Price, or you spend tens of thousands over the years on professional 1 on 1 coaching. I'm 32 and I had to quit playing organized hockey at 14 cause my parents couldn't afford to pay for the goalie gear and team fees etc and that was back in the mid 2000s. Shits only gotten worse since then. If Canada wants to retain it's position as the dominant hockey nation, then there are a lot of hard changes that need to be made. How many future Price's, Crosby's and McDavid's have simply been priced out of the game and will never get the chance to be what they could've been?
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North American majors leagues. Just Google it if you're confused. NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL. What other four "major leagues" did you think I meant?
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Am Canadian, and absolutely not. As much as I hate murica, having the NHL be in both Canadian and murican cities is better for the game. Even Canadians that aren't into hockey are at least kind of aware of the big games and big names, same can't be said for murica. The more people that play the game and have a chance at making the big leagues, the better IMO. That being said, I have a huge list of grievances with the NHL and I often see the sentiment of "best sport, worst league" among hockey fans and I agree with that completely. Refs are complete and utter trash, so is the department of player safety. The league is, IMO, quite corrupt and needs a top down reform to expel the old boys club from the top echelons of the league. Hockey Canada itself as an organization is also extremely toxic and relies far too much on the old boys club as well. Just look at the sad state of Canadian goalies lately, we went from Price, Brodeur, Fleury, Luongo, Roy, etc to know having Binnington and Thompson as the Olympics goalies for Canada. Don't get me wrong they aren't bad, but it's a far cry from the prime days of Canada pumping out extremely high quality goalies consistently. Now were average at best, and other countries, including the US (🤮) having *much* better goalies than us. There's also the whole cost thing, hockey has become a rich persons sport. You don't stand a chance of making it to the big leagues unless you're either a generational talent like McDavid or Price, or you spend tens of thousands over the years on professional 1 on 1 coaching. I'm 32 and I had to quit playing organized hockey at 14 cause my parents couldn't afford to pay for the goalie gear and team fees etc and that was back in the mid 2000s. Shits only gotten worse since then. If Canada wants to retain it's position as the dominant hockey nation, then there are a lot of hard changes that need to be made. How many future Price's, Crosby's and McDavid's have simply been priced out of the game and will never get the chance to be what they could've been?