If only had they won that one match, the situation would be entirely different now.
Do you guys think Lev players are gonna stay in the KHL (I'm mostly talking about the Czechs 'cause I'm sure guys like Thornberg and Maenpaa will stay). That team was very good and it would be a lost for the league if these guys don't come back.
Looks like Lev is done....that sux
I don't understand why people could actually be shocked or wonder about the current situation. It was clear from the begin that Lev Prague was not a money maker but a project that would lose many millions every year. Who could have thought investors would end this?! ...
At least Helsinki is trying to do it based on net sales and sponsorship, not on donations. This is where you end up if you aren't self self sufficient.. I hope other teams learn it by now.
In Russia, they don't know how to do business could be generalized. They just stopped being communists little ago, so..
If only had they won that one match, the situation would be entirely different now.
this is why KHL will never equal NHL
I wouldn't call it "great uncertainty" yet, but something is not going as expected. Board promised some activity during June, so let's see. They have trouble finding sponsors, and needless to say, there haven't been any new signings.Riga now?
Most of the budget is coming from Russian sponsors, not from actual Finnish sponsors.
Good. Now let's hope the rest of the non-Russian teams go under as well so the KHL will stop trying to create some kind of super league.
Europe has many great leagues and requires only a champions league to bring them together which it now has. there's no need for one unified league for the whole continent. KHL has always been mostly Russian anyway, just keep it Russian
I wonder where are those people who went crazy on me, when I said something negative about Lev. We in Slovakia know what Lev is about, now the Czechs got to find out. Trust me, I had no reason to say something negative about Lev, because they were Czech or anything of that sort. The way the club was run since their time in Poprad is just wrong, and I hope that they won't pack up, move to a different place and fool the locals there, start a ""new"" project with the same old people and the Russians from KHL will look the other way and act like it's OK. Some people here are talking about KHL being a bust and a wrong project. I am certainly against that statement, because the KHL needs a "filter-period" when the situation will crystalize and the budgets and salaries won't be as unrealistic...all it needs is time. One thing that the KHL needs for sure is European influence in business and media practice and weaker ones from the hockey Europe need Russian influence in hockey quality. The sooner the people behind the league realize that, the better. The KHL is a Russian political project and Russian politics are not exactly what you call likeable right now. I am an optimist and I hope the hardships will only make the league stronger in the future
Not home at the moment, so I can't hear this, but it seems relevant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxg9TBfec2c&feature=youtu.be
what a shame
definitely not a good sign for the khl. lev was one of the most important part of khl expanssion but it also seems that many teams are in trouble. spartak and lev folded, donbass is on hold due to political situation, atlant, novokuznjeck, amur and few others have serious financial issues.
competeing with the nhl that has almost 4 bln $ income was serious risk and now with possibilty of escalation of the ukrainian crisis the goverment obviously decided that money is needed somewhere else.
There were rumors last summer that the Russian owners wanted the team to show signs of economic sustainability and success or they'd pull out their backing. I guess that happened now.
Why is it "not a good sign"? Au contraire, it's a very good sign. KHL is getting rid from franchises that couldn't self support themselves. We've discussed this possibility several times already, Russian sponsors wouldn't support foreign teams indefinitely. Teams should find internal sponsors or die. Lev was the first, but will not be the last. It's possible that all current foreign teams will go after them.