Rumor: New 3 on 3 pro hockey league coming soon.

[timw33]

What if you could have the all star game....every game?

 

[MS]

What if you could have the all star game....every game?

Except played by minor league journeymen!

 

[Peen]

if im a fringe player who doesn’t envision being in the NHL for more than 3 years at best, this is extremely attractive. more money, less likelihood of long term injuries. there’s virtually no physicality in 3 on 3 OT.

and less pressure

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

BAH GAWD THAT'S JAKE VIRTANEN'S MUSIC

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Pretty much the hockey version of the XFL

 

[ziploc]

I presume ICE Cube is involved in this?

 

[Bubbles]

30M cap? What are the going to do with the other 29M?

 

[vancityluongo]

Who the hell would play in goal in such a series? Goodbye groin and hips.

Probably a bunch of CHL/College hockey cast-offs who never made it to the pros.

yea - i don't think this takes away from the ahl at all, let alone the nhl, but it's an interesting option for the guys that end up in the khl / europe after short nhl stints. also gives a cool option for guys like hirose who are struggling in pro hockey and essentially aging out, but obviously have some skill to display. as for goalies - i would assume this is a league where ebug types can shine. the more goals, the better.

as for the league - not surprised to see the typical haters (not here, but generally speaking) who are averse to any level of change in the sport, but depending on the locations for the teams (saw a rumour on twitter that arizona may be an inaugural location?? lmao), this could potentially be GREAT for the nhl and the sport in general. the big-3 league never really took off because the NBA is already so dominant, but the nhl doesn't know how to market shit, especially outside of its existing markets.

we live in a highlight driven world and this could offer the potential for multiple michigan goals per game, forsberg dekes, hail mary one-timers, etc. that capture new audiences to get interested in hockey in general.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

Dan Russell must be apoplectic. Remember all the 'circus time' rants?!

Sounds like a real bore, honestly.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Bring back the Vancouver Voodoo.

 

[Petey O]

Will literally not even watch highlights. 3 on 3 sucks.

 

[Vector]

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Will literally not even watch highlights. 3 on 3 sucks.

this league one hundy p can smd

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

I don't think Dangle is a bad person, so I don't wish him ill personally.

But I find his shilling of gambling to be disgusting and his constant screaming to be juvenile as hell. I guess I just don't take him seriously as a hockey analyst (yes, I know he's basically a fan with a podcast who scream cries at the camera after Leafs games). And someone made the mistake of telling Adam Wylde that he has a 'great laugh' when he was a kid, I gather. He has the most awful, disingenuous laugh I have seen, a complete gimmick.

I recall watching him laugh loudly once before instantly shutting his face down. I don't know how to explain it other than that it was clear that it was mirthless and was a complete affectation.

 

[bossram]

There is basically 0% chance this league is launching. Essentially no details, no idea of funding, and they're saying it'll run this Fall? Not happening. Probably just a scam.

 

[Siludin]

3-on-3 overtime is the worst hockey I have ever watched. You're just basically waiting for your opponent to make a worse mistake than you. Like, a common tactic is to intentionally put your team offside by giving up the o-zone while you have possession. It's just awful hockey.

Why the hell would someone try to build an entire league around this gimmick and expect it to be profitable?

3 on 3 is an established version of hockey played at many levels. The big difference is that real 3-on-3 usually has smaller ice surfaces so it really changes the amount of space you have, and thus how fast you have to play, and the strategies you can employ.

 

[vancityluongo]

lmao wtf

New Era of Pro Hockey | Major League Hockey

Get ready to witness an exciting new era of professional hockey in North America, set to launch in fall 2024. A unique 3 on 3 hockey format featuring teams of professionals with a $30 million salary cap per team and a $100,000 victory bonus for each winning team.

www.majorleaguehockey.com

 

[Jyrki]

lmao wtf

New Era of Pro Hockey | Major League Hockey

Get ready to witness an exciting new era of professional hockey in North America, set to launch in fall 2024. A unique 3 on 3 hockey format featuring teams of professionals with a $30 million salary cap per team and a $100,000 victory bonus for each winning team.

www.majorleaguehockey.com

AHL players are making like 100K on average and most NHL-contracted players there are in the million-dollar range so their payroll isn't going to crest over $10M often, most of which being covered by the parent NHL team. AHL teams are also generally in either well-supported hockey markets or have a good arena situation.

This mystery league with a completely different format and absolutely no information about either teams or their infrastructure are saying payroll will have a $30M cap per team.

So far this league has as much traction as the Neko Sparks bid for the Senators.

 

[vancityluongo]

AHL players are making like 100K on average and most NHL-contracted players there are in the million-dollar range so their payroll isn't going to crest over $10M often, most of which being covered by the parent NHL team. AHL teams are also generally in either well-supported hockey markets or have a good arena situation.

This mystery league with a completely different format and absolutely no information about either teams or their infrastructure are saying payroll will have a $30M cap per team.

So far this league has as much traction as the Neko Sparks bid for the Senators.

forget AHL players... $25M per year to auston matthews to play in arizona, $100k per year each to you and me and the hockey equivalent of cameron brink...

want to have even more fun? let's get connor bedard the f*** out of that scumbag organization and back home to BC.... gretzky/wha style.

I don't follow the sport whatsoever so no idea how it happened, LIV golf was/is funded just fine? This has to be Saudi funded. $500m means less to them than to the rest of us

 

[aregora]

$25M per year to auston matthews to play in arizona, $100k per year each to you and me and the hockey equivalent of cameron brink...

Ah, the MLS model. Matthews is the new David Beckham!

 

[RobertKron]

Have we definitively figured out whose reputation and/or money laundering initiative this is yet? I'm assuming either Saudi Arabia or Qatar, but maybe a new challenger has arrived.

 

[Jyrki]

forget AHL players... $25M per year to auston matthews to play in arizona, $100k per year each to you and me and the hockey equivalent of cameron brink...

want to have even more fun? let's get connor bedard the f*** out of that scumbag organization and back home to BC.... gretzky/wha style.

I don't follow the sport whatsoever so no idea how it happened, LIV golf was/is funded just fine? This has to be Saudi funded. $500m means less to them than to the rest of us

Unlike a circuit-style sport, the Saudis can't just flash some cash and pretend it'll make a dent on a major sport league. They don't have just to meet payroll, they have to secure arena leases through the season (and many will demand multi-year leases), hire front offices for each team, coaching/training/scouting/supporting staff, arrange broadcast/streaming deals and so forth. There's a shitton of staff and infrastructure that needs to be accounted for before a team can even be functional.

Hypothetically, let's just say they hit homeruns and nab Matthews, McDavid and Bedard off the bat - so what? They'll be surrounded by washed up AHLers and Euro league players in B/C-tier markets in smaller arenas every night being broadcast outside of major networks, playing a format that is a gimmick for most of the ice hockey audience. After the initial hype is gone, that doesn't sound like a great value proposition.

The NHL is the smaller out of the four major leagues and yet it still takes thirty-two billionaires/corpas to run the show. With what the Saudis are apparently putting forth for the MLH, if they invested in the NHL instead they literally wouldn't come close to even affording the Coyotes. If they were serious about making the NHL even drop a sweat they've need to put up far, far more money and spend several years doing the legwork to lay the foundation for viable teams.

The parallel with the WHA is not valid at all. The WHA didn't just poach Bobby Hull and Gordie Howe, they were outright beating the NHL in average salary while avoiding some of their scuzzy labor practices (like the reserve clause) so that it was attractive for most players to consider defection. The league was also founded in consideration of the fact that the NHL was still relatively small and most markets lacked a major league franchise, so it didn't take that much money to find prime real estate while beating the NHL in spending.

 

[Petey But Really Jim]

Have we definitively figured out whose reputation and/or money laundering initiative this is yet? I'm assuming either Saudi Arabia or Qatar, but maybe a new challenger has arrived.

Challengers don't arrive in this context, bruh.

They emerge.

 

[RobertKron]

Challengers don't arrive in this context, bruh.

They emerge.

When the reptilians or the greys truly arrive, one would imagine they’ll want to improve their reputation.