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Originally Posted by savevp
The CHL is a great example where the Mem Cup is effectively a Champions League.
It's more difficult in the NHL where you're arguably starting to degrade the talent pool with many more clubs. And you don't have the global pipeline of soccer where you can have a compelling champions league format; the NHL will probably win every time.
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Are people that concerned about the talent pool, though? No one seems to mind that 11 teams worth of players that would have been in the AHL in 1989 are now at the NHL level thanks to all the teams that have been added since then.
If there had been no expansion starting in 91-92, a good number of bottom-six and third-pairing players would be in the AHL right now. The NHL, AHL and ECHL are all a lot bigger than they were 35 years ago... there are a hell of a lot more roster spots for hockey players than there once were.
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