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<blockquote data-quote="Canadian_Rugger" data-source="post: 501602" data-attributes="member: 12699"><p>Well Ice Hockey is quite popular in Germany; however, its national team is lagging behind some other countries and now it is being surpassed by countries that it used to beat i.e. Norway, Switzerland and Latvia. I mean Germany still produces a fair amount of talent with some good players in the NHL but Switzerland has really caught them in terms of talent over the past few years. Part of this is the DEL would rather fill their teams with imports than take German kids to play. You can't really compare EIHL to the DEL, Eliteserien, SM-Liga, Czech Extraliga or Swiss National League as these leagues pay big money to have players play for their teams. Thats why you see so many North Americans in these leagues because they can still earn 6 figures playing hockey in these leagues. The DEL has an average salary of 150,000 euros while Eliteserien averages over 200,000 euros.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canadian_Rugger, post: 501602, member: 12699"] Well Ice Hockey is quite popular in Germany; however, its national team is lagging behind some other countries and now it is being surpassed by countries that it used to beat i.e. Norway, Switzerland and Latvia. I mean Germany still produces a fair amount of talent with some good players in the NHL but Switzerland has really caught them in terms of talent over the past few years. Part of this is the DEL would rather fill their teams with imports than take German kids to play. You can't really compare EIHL to the DEL, Eliteserien, SM-Liga, Czech Extraliga or Swiss National League as these leagues pay big money to have players play for their teams. Thats why you see so many North Americans in these leagues because they can still earn 6 figures playing hockey in these leagues. The DEL has an average salary of 150,000 euros while Eliteserien averages over 200,000 euros. [/QUOTE]
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