We've heard this talk before from the NHL. It was back then and it is now again coming up in reports and talks and so what. Europe seems to be getting some excitement but don't go that far if you're in the US.
Having the NHL going to Europe would not sit well for people in the US. First of all, if the NHL is expanded to Europe, there would be less and less games in the US. Second, a lot of players have already left the US to go back to Europe and play. Evgeni Nabokov is a prime example of that. He left the Sharks to go play for SKA St. Petersburg. Third, you would have less and less season ticket holder. If you take away a few or even many games, you run the risk of losing season ticket holders forever. Okay, probably not forever, but they won't be coming back to your team anytime soon.
I don't understand why the possibilities of an expansion to Europe keep talking. Sure, Europe supplies all the best players, so you would expand just because seventy percent of the players are from there? I think that's a dumb approach if you look at it.
So if you're the NHL or anybody that has the idea of expanding to Europe, forget it. The NHL will not expand to Europe even if it has the option. It won't sit well with the market in the US and for the people who paid millions of dollars to analyze, report, and observe the games played. And most certainly, you would lose that money just playing games in another country.
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