The Global Hockey League

Let's face it people, the NHL is dead. It lived a long glorious life, but now rests on its' death bed waiting for someone to pull the plug and make it official.
There are too many teams, too many games, and too much monkey business. I've always felt the NHL players were the hardest working athlete in any professional sport, and in comparison should make what others make. Perhaps many franchise owners can't afford that. So it would seem the NHL has gotten as big as it could, and as diluted as it could, so has reached its'end.
Good. Let it rest in peace. Bring on the next line:

The Global Hockey League! (GHL)

If there were one team selected per country (Canadian team, American team etc) to a total of, say, 15 to 20 teams, and these teams played eachother once a year before the play-offs, every game would be huge! It could be broadcast internationally to a much bigger market. It would be able to sustain high salaries as well.
Todays modes of transportation are much more efficient then when the NHL was born. It would be easier for teams to manage a global schedule with a fractional number of games compared to a North American schedule that goes almost year round and leaves everyone burnt out.
And the best part is that each country is providing the best players, so you know it's going to be good hockey.
The NHL was good while it was here, but it's time to get global, and that means taking the next step into the GHL.