Thread: NHL in for radical realignment?

Jets pushing NHL to radical realignment - The Globe and Mail

If they are going to go with a 16/14 split....

LA, ANA, SJ, PHX, VAN, EDM, CAL
COL,MIN,WPG,CHI,STL,DAL,NSH
BUF,BOS,MTL,TOR,OTT,DET,PIT,CMB
NYR,NYI,NJ,PHI,WSH,CAR,TB,FLA

Switch Colorado and Phoenix if Phoenix ends up moving to KC for example.

Saw this yesterday on twitter and I love the idea! You've got to assume that the NBA follows suit the next year.

'bout damn time!

EDIT : And here's how it goes down!

West : Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, San Jose, LA, Anaheim, Phoenix, Colorado
"Mid" West : Winnipeg, Minnesota, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Columbus
North East : Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Buffalo, New York, New York, New Jersey, Boston
South East : Florida, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington DC

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

'bout damn time!

EDIT : And here's how it goes down!

West : Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, San Jose, LA, Anaheim, Phoenix, Colorado
"Mid" West : Winnipeg, Minnesota, Dallas, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Columbus
North East : Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Buffalo, New York, New York, New Jersey, Boston
South East : Florida, Tampa Bay, Carolina, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington DC

Hey Doc, isn't the whole point of this realignment so Columbus & Detroit can go East? If so, you've got both teams in the Midwest on your list. Moving those 2 East leaves the West with only 12 teams. Don't know which of the other teams would be added to the Western Conference. Unless Nashville stays.

How is this going to affect the playoffs? Please don't tell me they are going to have divisional playoffs again....argh...I hated that.

jom

Originally Posted by Puckrobber

Hey Doc, isn't the whole point of this realignment so Columbus & Detroit can go East? If so, you've got both teams in the Midwest on your list. Moving those 2 East leaves the West with only 12 teams. Don't know which of the other teams would be added to the Western Conference. Unless Nashville stays.

I'm sure it'll wind up looking nothing like how I chopped it up.... I's just sayin' that's how I would do it.

Frankly... I don't care about what Detroit and Columbus want. The NHL has 12 franchises all clustered together up in the North East.

13 if you count Columbus.

Someone is ALWAYS going to get boned in any kind of alignment.

in the form of a 14 west-16 east here is my guess

West:

Pacific : LA, Anaheim, San Jose, Vancouver, Phoenix, Calgary, Edmonton
Mid-West: Colorado, Dallas, Winnepeg, Minnesota, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville

East:

Southeast: Columbus, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Florida, Washington, Philly, Pittsburgh, Detroit
Northeast: Buffalo, NYR, NYI, NJ, Ottawa, Toronto, Boston Montreal



I dunno the 6 division of 5 system seems to be okay..but it does have it's odd flaws

But honestly..of all the teams. DALLAS ****s up the geographics of it all most evidently. They get vilified no matter where they go in terms of travel.

In one division there is at least on thing that makes little sense.

Washington in the Southeast makes zero sense to me, Dallas in the Pacific makes no sense to me.

I mean...the 16-14 makes sense but it also has it's flaws...because to make it a 15-15 you would almost have to put someone like Pittsburgh in the West..that wouldn't make sense AND if there really is this pull to put Columbus and Detroit in the East...well **** that throws a big wrench in a lot of it...

what are they going to make a South division that spans from LA to South Beach? Seriously?

Originally Posted by Dr. Naysay

I'm sure it'll wind up looking nothing like how I chopped it up.... I's just sayin' that's how I would do it.

Frankly... I don't care about what Detroit and Columbus want. The NHL has 12 franchises all clustered together up in the North East.

13 if you count Columbus.

Someone is ALWAYS going to get boned in any kind of alignment.

Yea pretty much the East has too many teams too close together, and there is always going to be an odd man outsider.

Ala..Washington in the Southeast.