Comments on: NHL Players complain about European games http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/01/nhl-players-complain-about-european-games/ News and commentary on the world of sports. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: justin http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/01/nhl-players-complain-about-european-games/comment-page-1/#comment-320983 justin Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:17:30 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/01/nhl-players-complain-about-european-games/#comment-320983 Hello I live in Ottawa and should the Senators play in Sweeden next october how could I get tickets?

]]> By: Mister Biggs http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/01/nhl-players-complain-about-european-games/comment-page-1/#comment-320973 Mister Biggs Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:06:56 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2008/01/nhl-players-complain-about-european-games/#comment-320973 As a Kings season ticket holder, the only thing that really happened was the loss of a home game from 41 down to 40; fortunately they were kind enough to only charge for 40, much to my surprise. There were a lot of complaints from Ducks fans that the Kings should lose 2 home games and they shouldnâ??t lose any since AEG was the company that built the arena and they were Stanley Cup Champs and their first home game with the Cup should be in Anaheim. I guess they didnâ??t realize their team agreed to the terms of the trip.

As far as players, aside from the odd Brazilian playing hockey somewhere around 30% of the players are from Europe including former Soviet provinces. I went to both games in London as well as the games the Kings played in Salzburg and found that while most countries have their own league, people came from all over Europe to see their countrymen playing for an NHL team. The most fun I had on the trip was talking to the fans that showed up, telling stories about how two rival villages pooled their resources to rent a bus to drive to Salzburg to see Anze Kopitar play. Well maybe the most fun was sticking to those Swedes who insisted that their league was superior to the NHL and could beat any NHL teamâ?¦.only to lose to the worst team in the NHL.

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