HC Lev Prague
 

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thread about HC LEV Prague in centra Europe section

how do you know they dont have website?? hclev.eu has been blocked since today. Are they preparing one one??

If club does not inform about new players, it does not mean club is not singing them.

btw, some players stays from last season, I believe.

it is only 2nd day since clubs can sign guys. All clubs just sign new deals with their players. Only a few newcomers was annouced.

I hope HC LEV Prague will have much better roster than Poprad had.

It is not advantageous for LEV to sign players from czech clubs (Koukal, Kolar etc). Or just a few.. I would sign czechs from NA or Europe (including KHL). Rumours say G Popperle signs contract.

Any idea what the jerseys will look like?

not yet, they changed logo, so jerseys as well IMO. Wait until summer

who will in Lev's group? My opinion : SKA,Minsk,Riga,Donbass,Slovan
Any next?

I will just say one thing, existence of this team is a bad, bad thing for whole czech hockey.

Why?

Well first of all it will take a large sum of money away from other Prague teams - Slavia and Sparta - both from sponsorship and from attendance - which is pretty bad even as of now. Then, it will take away a lot of prestige from extraliga - the league has big problems to keep even the above-average players as of now and with KHL team made up mostly from czech players it will get even worse. I mean, if czech teams cant keep players like Vondrka or Troncinsky - you are in trouble. What I think will happen is that HC Lev will be succesfull and that will lead to creation of about 3 more czech based teams in next, say, 5 years (it can be Karlovy vary, Ostrava, Brno or some other team) - this will make etraliga a redundant league on level with 1.liga or something - this will lead to less money in 'traditional' extraliga teams - hence less money for youth system (money is the biggest issue even as of now) and further decreasing quality of czech junior leagues. The point is that this one team is not so much of a problem - but im affraid that it will open the doors fore more 'regional'teams (one from west bohemia, one from moravia etc.) that will 'steal' attention, money and fans from smaller teams which will in result lead to lowering the quality of czech hockey in general.

understand. I don't need more czech clubs in KHL. Maybe one more Moravian (Brno,Ostrava) in future, but I definitely need some international competition. I'm boring in czech league, since it comes first ideas about international league.

Sorry, but your league doesn't have much prestige left, even marginal prospects go abroad. I understand your point, but having a richer team in the region (keeping at least marginal prospects home) and seeing MUCH stronger competition on regular bases is actually good for the fans and the NT.

Jeez
I would say we will know divisions and schedule of next season in the middle of june (or june/july)


WhoIsGuyIncognito
czech league has trouble for many years.. czech clubs can not keep their best prospects until they are 20. Solve this not KHL. Look have many 17-18 czechs play CHL and Swedish u18/u20 leagues. That is problem of czech hockey, not KHL.

THIS, thats problem

From an outsider looking in this can't be fixed. The lure of being abroad with more money is far more alluring than being at home with the same money. Sure there are guys who will play for life in the Czech League but generally speaking most will leave.

For example. Jakub Culek.

3rd round pick of the Ottawa Senators (my team). Hes not Amazing or great just very average but still he got a 3 year entry level deal. Meaning he will make perhaps 60-85 thousand CAD a year. Not bad for a young Czech kid who realistically won't stick around for long in the NHL. Furthermore, before he was offered this contract he played for Rimouski in Quebec (a province of Canada). Time abroad + money = bad news for Czech League

The only way around it is to have a strong U16, U18, U20 structure to produce fresh new talent every year.

http://i.lidovky.cz/12/053/lngal/VLH...HCLEVPraha.jpg
logo

home jersey will be red, second jersey will be white

is that logo official now? before they said it was just temporary

they used it in TV few days ago ... but they still don't have any official websites :( so hard to say .. I like this logo - so I think it will be ok if it will be official logo

club will launch website around 20.6.20112. Talked to press secretar or so a few days ago.

Hopefully this week.

What about the licence for Khl ?

dont know, I would say it is only formality, legal issue.. HC LEV will play KHL, I am sure for 1000%. Look at Slovan, club needs FULL approval of SZLH (got only TEMPORARY), evryone knows it is not problem, just legal steps must be done. I dont know details about HC LEV but I can imagine similar situation - legal steps must be done. Thats all.

I hope that Czechs maintain their league in as high as possible state.


But I also think that Czech clubs can increase the prestige of KHL, so that TOGETHER the KHL can keep European youths in Europe and at home, at least for a reasonable amount of time. Having a strong traditional market like Prague represented in KHL can increase interest in hockey in not only Czech Rep. but Russia and many other countries as well.

I wonder what kind of players will Lev Prague get with that budget... perhaps a certain Andrei Kostitsyn (but that guy would likely be the most expensive Lev player if he was to play in Prague)

Rumours say that Michal Rozsival will join Lev.

Would be a good signing.

He has lost a step in his game, which is why he was ran out of the Rangers organization. Could perform well in the KHL though.

A good signing but for perhaps $1-2M...

Russian owners pushing Hc Lev to O2 arena. The deal is close to sign.

http://sport.aktualne.centrum.cz/hc-...e002590604f2e/