I wonder how it's going to work out with MHL-B. Adding relatively strong teams to that league is important for long term.
I agree, the more jr teams the better. But they must maintain the high traditions of good hockey schools and quality, not just quantity.
also MHL-B is not all THAT bad, I mean of course you have the Platinas and Metallrug (M) of the world, but lada and olimpia who have relegated are not killing the league either.
also MHL-B is not all THAT bad, I mean of course you have the Platinas and Metallrug (M) of the world, but lada and olimpia who have relegated are not killing the league either.
Yes, but look at how the teams promoted from MHL-B are doing in MHL-A now. Aren't they pretty much last?
If they hope to merge the leagues some day, it'll be very important to strengthen B.
Yes, but look at how the teams promoted from MHL-B are doing in MHL-A now. Aren't they pretty much last?
If they hope to merge the leagues some day, it'll be very important to strengthen B.
yes, but don't another thing that's killing non-affiliated with the KHL clubs is the draft. Not only they don't have the financing KHL teams have, they loose their best players too, which puts them at a huge disadvantage. Oktan has lost it's best player in the draft to Amur (Abramov) and Berdsk won the MHL-b with a bunch of 90's who couldn't play in the MHL this year due to age.
Yes, but look at how the teams promoted from MHL-B are doing in MHL-A now. Aren't they pretty much last?
If they hope to merge the leagues some day, it'll be very important to strengthen B.
You make good points, but it seems to me that some of the MHL-B teams could be "here today, gone tomorrow." Inclusion in the MHL-A for those teams that are genuinely capable of making the transition might help to secure a long-term and productive presence in some locations where it would be beneficial for Russia to have active youth hockey in place. My guess is that MHL-B teams going to MHL-A will have a better chance of surviving long-term and improving enough to meet the level of competition.
You hit the target when you talked about inequality among hockey schools. It is in the best interest of the MHL, KHL and the RHF to make a concerted effort to upgrade the quality of hockey schools throughout the system so that there aren't just a handful (e.g., Traktor) that are of top quality.
What happened with Valeri Vasiliev? It was reported about a month or so ago that he'd be leaving the MHL to come play in the USHL for waterloo but seems he never came over. Any ideas?
What happened with Valeri Vasiliev? It was reported about a month or so ago that he'd be leaving the MHL to come play in the USHL for waterloo but seems he never came over. Any ideas?
are you talking the 94 born? playing in the MHL for spartak.
Thank you so much for the link. I frequent EP a lot, but didn't know about this function, because you can't chose MHL from the drop-down list. OK, it appears that you can manually change leagueID in the address bar, but that's not what one could call intuitive UI
red stars roster is out, no names here to get really excited about, but if they play within an 1-1.5 hr drive I will go. I think they are playing Brown, that's within range for me
Do you think its Efimov makking pressure or the countries making pressure on the MHL? Not a bad idea for these countries to adopt a junior ifrastructure rather than try to build their own..
Do you think its Efimov makking pressure or the countries making pressure on the MHL? Not a bad idea for these countries to adopt a junior ifrastructure rather than try to build their own..
if I should change I would pick bold part. IMO MHL will expand into central Europe, then will be divided into european and russian league/conf - no games among conf during RS (like CHL).
interesting point in the MHL: players drafted by other teams are playing for MHL clubs affiliated with KHL teams that haven't drafted them. Now I know it's not prohibited, once the team that drafted them didn't extend them an offer, but I am confused, why is this done, if they can't play for the club in the KHL, unless traded for. Why would you raise a trade value of a player for another KHL club though? If you ask me, I think this should be prohibited. (Examples from Red Army: Zykov (CSKA (and Tyumen) product, drafted by magnitka playing for RA, kramskoy (CSKA product), drafted by Severstal, playing for RA
interesting point in the MHL: players drafted by other teams are playing for MHL clubs affiliated with KHL teams that haven't drafted them. Now I know it's not prohibited, once the team that drafted them didn't extend them an offer, but I am confused, why is this done, if they can't play for the club in the KHL, unless traded for. Why would you raise a trade value of a player for another KHL club though? If you ask me, I think this should be prohibited. (Examples from Red Army: Zykov (CSKA (and Tyumen) product, drafted by magnitka playing for RA, kramskoy (CSKA product), drafted by Severstal, playing for RA
What Zykov guy are you speaking about? I know only about Valentin,born 1995, now playing CHL. Maybe I missed something.
Players need to play as much as possible. If club that drafted them is not interested in them now, so why not play for another MHL team? They are still 17-18 y old, still have time to play senior hockey. Look at G Ustinsky, Tyumen product, drafted by Magnitka in 2011, played MHL for Tyumen in 2011/12, now playing for Magnitka. You know, Steel Foxed did not have vacant G spot for him last season, so it was better to develop at home in Tyumen. Maybe this is reason - not to leave your home city at early age. Especially if you can play the same league here - MHL. Another story is with guys from Rus Moscow etc which does not have MHL team.
