Giant Bag: Surprising Veto from SM league bosses

The Canada Cup is likely to be pursued soon with the new series system. Jussi Saarinen

The hockey league series system system is expected to change for the 2026-27 season. This is the case, among other things, by Jyrki Seppä, chairman of the league in public.

What kind of model is the highest domestic hockey league played at the time, which will be discussed on Friday in Tampere on Friday.

The disc bosses received by Iltalehti also voted on the future series model.

The much A and B series model, which was on display, flew into the basket. It was reportedly worth only two clubs at this point.

The model currently in use, with 12 teams access to the playoffs and league qualifiers, received support from several chairmen.

This won

However, by far the so -called “conference model” received the greatest support. It would divide the teams into two different blocks, the conference in the NHL style.

The division could be geographical or could be done with some other idea. In any case, this model would have more local games in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Tampere and the West Coast.

Probably when the new model came into use, the Jokers would also be in the league, possibly another new team. This would possibly include an even number of teams 18.

According to information from Iltalehti, the model was mainly worked on by Jarmo Kekäläinen in a study ordered from him.

What happens?

The chairmen have now announced their own position. In this way, the league will go into more detail about the pros and cons of the “conference model” and its possible deployment.

The opinion of the chairmen is not the same thing as the decision. In the future, the league may be played with any other new system or stay in the current system.

League decision -making is known to be cumbersome. It is, to some extent, still based on a recent association -based era in the main series.