This will never, never happen, but I'd like to see a new, scaled down NHL. I envision two divisions - one Canadian- one American. Canadian teams in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa and Halifax. The American league would be Seattle, Denver, St. Louis, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo and New York City. The schedule would be interlocking, so every city visits every other city through out the season.The season would be around 62 games and base salary would be $500,000. All the contracts would have incentive clauses and teams would receive bounuses based on final standings, and extra - Big - bonuses for progress through the playoffs. Only the top four teams in each division would make the playoffs. There would be no contracts signed longer than two or maybe three years. Players would be free to be bought and sold on the open market, with the player sharing his transfer fee. There would be revenue sharing between teams to keep richer teams from grabbing all the best players. Each team would have a set budget to be decided before each season by management and player reps based on league revenue. The league would have independent auditing on a season-long basis. Teams exceeding their budgets would not be fined, but would lose two points in the standings for every $100,000 over the team budget. The loss of points would carry over to the next season. I think this penalty would be much more effective in controlling spending than fines, which rich teams just see as a business expense. Imagine the fan outrage if a team squeeked into the playoffs and then was bumped by a bloated budget. This rule would keep them honest. Like I said - this will never happen, but it should.
The NHL - What I'd Like to See
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US fans should go on strike next lock out the owners and players it just cost too much for beer,food,tickets,and parking how about a ticket price cap for the owners
NHL is a joke. They kill Bertuzzi's career for a hit that in the NLL would have been a normal everyday occurance. Tied of watching grown men, who are over paid, crying and diving every time a stick hits their face. "oh no, not the face, how will I look on a wheaties box with a scar there" gee, you'll look like bob probert, they way a hockey player should look, damn ugly.
