“Given our schedule, it’s not practical. If you play once a week, like in the NFL, then you can transport teams to Europe. But for us, the problem is that we are the most international American league We have some hockey infrastructure, particularly in Northern Europe.
Kanareikin spoke about Ovechkin’s scoreless streak
I’m not sure the Swedish league or the Finnish league would be happy if we came to compete with them. We want to continue to encourage the development of world-class hockey players in countries like Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic, so I don’t see any international expansion in the foreseeable future,” Bettman said, as quoted by the NHL press service.
Source: Sport
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