OskarOskarius
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- Jan 7, 2019
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By the look of it SHL is superior to all other Europan leagues excluding KHL. Is there any reason why the SHL should only have 14 teams?
Number of games would increase but you could for instance drop the CHL if schedule is a problem.
I’d like the SHL to become more of a ”people’s league” with more local games and the final being between South vs North. If you for instance increased to 20 teams and split them into two conferences you would only increase number of rounds by 4 but spread our hockey across more cities.
Eg if you had a Northern conference the teams could be Luleå, Skellefteå, Modo, Björklöven, Timrå, Leksand, Brynäs, Djurgården, Örebro and Västerås. These teams would play each other four times.
The southern conference could be Malmö, Rögle, Kristianstad, Växjö, HV71, Frölunda, Linköping, Oskarshamn, Färjestad, Karlskoga and these teams would play each other four times.
Teama between the two conferences would in turn play each other twice so you will still have eg Luleå vs Malmö but these games will be less common then today.
Play offs in the end of the season between top 4 of each conference where the winner of each conference battle it out for the LeMat.
I only see positives with this concept as it would shorten distances for most matches and also help spread out hockey to more cities. Money shouldn’t be much of an issue since SHL already is (it seems) to competitive for other European leagues (save for KHL obviously).
What is your take?
Number of games would increase but you could for instance drop the CHL if schedule is a problem.
I’d like the SHL to become more of a ”people’s league” with more local games and the final being between South vs North. If you for instance increased to 20 teams and split them into two conferences you would only increase number of rounds by 4 but spread our hockey across more cities.
Eg if you had a Northern conference the teams could be Luleå, Skellefteå, Modo, Björklöven, Timrå, Leksand, Brynäs, Djurgården, Örebro and Västerås. These teams would play each other four times.
The southern conference could be Malmö, Rögle, Kristianstad, Växjö, HV71, Frölunda, Linköping, Oskarshamn, Färjestad, Karlskoga and these teams would play each other four times.
Teama between the two conferences would in turn play each other twice so you will still have eg Luleå vs Malmö but these games will be less common then today.
Play offs in the end of the season between top 4 of each conference where the winner of each conference battle it out for the LeMat.
I only see positives with this concept as it would shorten distances for most matches and also help spread out hockey to more cities. Money shouldn’t be much of an issue since SHL already is (it seems) to competitive for other European leagues (save for KHL obviously).
What is your take?