re too many europeans in nhl in rauser sfu ca rauser fraser sfu ca writes ten years ago the number of europeans in the nhl was roughly a quarter of what it is now going into the season the numbers of euros on nhl teams have escalated to the following stats canadians americans europeans please note that these numbers are rounded off and taken from the top players on each of the teams my source is the vancouver sun here s the point there are far too many europeans in the nhl i am sick of watching a game between an american and a canadian team let s say the red wings and the canucks and seeing names like bure konstantinov and borshevshky is this north america or isn t it toronto detriot quebec and edmonton are particularly annoying but the numbers of euros on other teams is getting worse as well that s why we have expansion to create more jobs nhl teams can t afford to import role players from europe they pick the stars but will continue to build their teams around local players with the numbers of euros in the nhl escalating the problem is clearly only getting worse i m all for the creation of a european hockey league and let the bures and selannes of the world play on their own continent i d love to see a european nhl division but can t see it happen for some time there s simply not enough fan interest at the moment in several crucial markets like germany italy and france while sweden and finland probably can t afford to shell out for tickets the way american canadian fans do call it the minnesota north stars effect scandinavians do love hockey but we prefer to watch local inexpensive hockey to the nhl the national hockey league should love the idea though pan european tv channels such as eurosport could bring in the millions the american networks likely never will pay i just don t want them on mine richard j rauser you have no idea what you re doing rauser sfu ca oh don t worry about that we re professional wni outlaws we do this for a living remember no matter where you go there you are dr banzai
