[Alberta's Child]

With the cap level that's coming there will be no room for movement . . .

Oh yes there will. There will be movement back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean. With the cap level that's coming, I predict that the next Jari Kurri, Jaromir Jagr, Teemu Selanne, or Peter Forsberg will look upon the NHL as nothing more than a three-year hiatus in the middle of a European hockey career.

If you think the NHL has been dull over the last few years, just wait until you see NHL rosters filled with 7-8 fourth-line forwards.

[ken5050]

Maybe for a year or so..but the influx of NHLer's overseas will fill up those slots..so you'll have a lot of openings for college players to make the NHL rosters.. It might even be good for the sport.

One more point..Many of the NHL players are married, kids..and they don't want to uproot their families for 6+ months to go overseas, and the wives don't want their husbands off alone that long..Don't discount the domestic pressure..

I remember 1980, when Ken Morrow went straight from the USA gold medal team to the Islander's first Cup..