As a neutral fan (Jokerit was always my team) i gotta say that i haven't been following Liiga much during the last few years. This year i decided to follow more, and i have to say that i'm really surprised. Level of Liiga is much better than "public opinion" seems to be, especially the top teams like Tappara, Ilves and Kärpät are at the very top of Europe.
Then there are teams like SaiPa and Sport which shouldn't be playing at the top level, but overall level of hockey is very good. This new coming of Ilves is very good for the Finnish hockey, fan culture is booming and it's a very healthy organization nowadays. Brings a whole new aspect to the biggest derby in Finland.
If only they'd open Liiga, Sport has been below Liiga level pretty much since they entered. And on top of that their junior production is pretty much zero. Espoo or Jokerit
D) would bring much more instead of Sport.