Is the NHL roster too big for its own good ?

[franch1se]

Quote: Originally Posted by kinsmen7

Though I do love MLB the Show, their lack of roster places really screws with the authenticity of it... MLB: 90 man rosters x 30 teams =2,700 NHL: 23 x 30=690 CHL: 60 x 23=1,380 SHL: 14 x 23=322 Liiga: 15 x 23=345 AHL: 31 x 23=713 That's 3,450 players or so right there (I said 23 man rosters, but they probably vary between 21-23). I'm pretty sure I remember a Czech league, and another one as well. Lots and lots of players.

I’m not saying it’s perfect. But it was completely ignored and not listed as a “major sport “ in the post.


Sent from my iPhone using Operation Sports

[Therebelyell626]

NO!!!! Why would you want them to remove such an important and deep feature, that makes the game more realistic??? NHL is the only game where you can draft REAL prospects. You lose the licenses for those leagues you lose the players to.

Having the European and Canadian leagues takes nothing away from the rest of the game so why remove it?

[Therebelyell626]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mokrov

If possible, I will give my opinion on your doubts. At one time, Soviet hockey was one of the leading in the world. Everyone was looking forward to meetings at the level of national teams and clubs. And these matches proved the approximate equality of the two hockey schools. I have great respect for the power of the hockey Canada. But unfortunately, since then, there have been events that I do not approve of. The NHL has effectively taken over all other leagues, including the KHL and other Euro leagues. Interesting and original teams in Europe have all become one person-hockey schools in Russia, Sweden, and Czechoslovakia have virtually disappeared. Starting from a very young age, boys play power North American hockey - they are taught this way. There is no other tactic now. Personally, I have been watching the NHL with interest since the 60s. Video reports about The season and the Stanley Cup have only been available since the 90s of the 20th century. In the 21st century, NHL hockey has changed, it has become faster, but more uniform. There are almost no stars. Watching t is boring. The KHL and other European leagues are even worse.

This is incorrect. Hockey is trained and played at a very different style in Europe than in North America. One of the reasons is the ICE is actually bigger in Europe. It is also the reason why a lot of European players have a hard time, or take longer to adjust to the NHL level. Sure there are European players that adjust fairly quickly the the NA style, but this is rare.

There is a reason why some European and Russian skaters decide to play junior hockey in Canada as opposed to their home leagues. It’s because it makes them more NHL ready with the way the game is trained (think svechnikov, nail Yakupov). Watch one SHL or Liiga game, it looks and feels nothing like an NHL game. It is way more wide open and north south (coincidentally just like EA nhl).

Also, the downfall of the czech and other eastern leagues has nothing to do with training in a “North American” style. Back in the 80’s and 90’s before the civil war Czech Republic and Slovakia were one country “Czechoslovakia”. This resulted in the best players from both countries playing in the same leagues and enriched the talent pool. More talented players meant more players were going up against other elite players which resulted in better players overall. With the civil war and split between these two counties it resulted in a saturation of both countries talent pools. Also, hockey used to be a much more important sport in the 90’s when Czechoslovakia was a country. During the 80’s and 90’s eastern European countries such as Czechoslovakia were closely aligned with the USSR (now Russia) which considered hockey a more important sport. Since the gal of the Soviet Union and the split of the two countries, they have both actually both put a lot of resources into their youth “football” academies which has further saturated their hockey talent pool.