Canada WHA: World Hockey Association aka biggest pool league ever?

Doesn't this "new" association sounds like an elaborate and gigantic hockey pool? Choosing players on a piece of paper just in the hopes of beating your in-laws or your coworkers? I mean look at their "draft picks"...

1st Round Selection Pos.
2003-04 Club
1.
Québec Simon Gagné LW
Philadelphia (NHL)
2.
Halifax Travis Green C Boston (NHL)
3.
Detroit Dany Heatley RW Atlanta (NHL)
4.
Hamilton Michael Ryder RW Montréal (NHL)
5.
Toronto Joe Thornton C Boston (NHL)
6.
Founders' franchise Todd Bertuzzi RW Vancouver (NHL)
7.
Dallas Eric Lindros C N.Y. Rangers (NHL)
8.
Florida Brad Richards C Tampa Bay (NHL)


2nd Round Selection Pos.
2003-04 Club
9.
Florida Steve Shields G Florida (NHL)
10.
Dallas Scott Gomez C New Jersey (NHL)
11.
Founders' franchise Corey Schwab G New Jersey (NHL)
12.
Toronto Ilya Kovalchuk LW Atlanta (NHL)
13.
Hamilton Felix Potvin G Boston (NHL)
14.
Detroit Drake Berehowsky D Toronto (NHL)
15.
Halifax Craig MacDonald C Boston (NHL)
16.
Québec Yannick Perreault C Montréal (NHL)

3rd Round Selection Pos.
2003-04 Club
17.
Québec Maxime Ouellet G
Washington (NHL)
18.
Halifax Chris Tamer D Atlanta (NHL)
19.
Detroit Michael Zigomanis C Carolina (NHL)
20.
Hamilton Theoren Fleury RW Did Not Play
21.
Toronto Aaron Gavey C St. John's (AHL)
22.
Founders' franchise Lyle Odelein D Florida (NHL)
23.
Dallas Kip Miller C Washington (NHL)
24.
Florida Zac Bierk G Phoenix (NHL


So what do you think of this new Hockey Leage? Temporary refuge for NHL players on strike or Permanent Joke?

 

I think its a cool idea. I've always loved the old WHA, and what it did for hockey (My father also wrote a book about it ) And I think this time around it will be good for hockey as well. If not just to give the NHL a wake up call. But If thats the only hockey we are going to see then...

GO Nordiks GO!

 

I'm kinda excited about it. Don't know how long it'll last, but I will go to games in Halifax if the tickets are reasonable, like they say they will be.


Go Halifax Icebreakers! Urgh, that name still bothers me.

 

So has this league officially died before it was born? Now would be the time for it to get going, but I haven't heard anything in recent weeks to indicate that this league will even drop a single puck. What about that Original Stars Hockey League (OSHL) that played a few games in Ontario but dropped off the map recently. Did anyone actually go see these games? Was the quality as poor as had been reported? I wonder what they charged for tickets for these "games".

 

I'm very disappointed with this whole WHA idea. I guess I'll just have to stick with going to the Halifax Mooseheads games.

 

Official Feelings: Meh!

 

Damn it, I need hockey!!