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Just read this blog post and it's a fascinating look at a route the NHL could take next year.
Thoughts?
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Realignment Blog Post My NHL Realignment Idea « lasportsscene
Just read this blog post and it's a fascinating look at a route the NHL could take next year.
Thoughts?
The NHL is making noise about going back to 4 divisions and 2 conferences.
We could see a return to the day where the top 4 teams in each division make the playoffs with divisional playoffs followed by a conference championship series.
It's similar. Although the plan I had was a baseball style overlap system where cities with more than one team would have each team in a separate conference. It made all teams travel the same distances, which means the divisions were all spread out.
But mostly it was a plan to f*** with Doc and his ridiculous North/South conferences. I mean, lookit the geography in that image. The southernmost team in the morth is, like, Philly.
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NO IT'S NOT!!! IT'S MY PLAN!!! MINE MINE MINE!!! NORTH/SOUTH CONFERENCES!!!Originally Posted by darby
your plan was crazyAlthough the plan I had was a baseball style overlap system where cities with more than one team would have each team in a separate conference. It made all teams travel the same distances, which means the divisions were all spread out.
It's genius. You just can't see it yet.But mostly it was a plan to f*** with Doc and his ridiculous North/South conferences. I mean, lookit the geography in that image. The southernmost team in the morth is, like, Philly.
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There is NO WAY that the realignment is gonna be this earth shattering. It'll be, at best, a minor tinkering and it will, almost certainly, still have flaws. No doubt when Phoenix/Islanders move to Kansas City/Las Vegas/Seattle, it will give the league another chance to get it right...which they won't. Give up your mad pipe dreams of things making sense you foolish fools.
Bring back total chaos. Look at the madness of the Norris Division!
Plug in San Jose for California, then throw darts at the names of new teams to fill up the divisions.
1974-75 NHL Standings
Clarence Campbell
Patrick
Team W L T Pts GF GA
Philadelphia Flyers 51 18 11 113 293 181
New York Rangers 37 29 14 88 319 276
New York Islanders 33 25 22 88 264 221
Atlanta Flames 34 31 15 83 243 233
Smythe
Team W L T Pts GF GA
Vancouver Canucks 38 32 10 86 271 254
St. Louis Blues 35 31 14 84 269 267
Chicago Blackhawks 37 35 8 82 268 241
Minnesota North Stars 23 50 7 53 221 341
Kansas City Scouts 15 54 11 41 184 328
Prince of Wales
Adams
Team W L T Pts GF GA
Buffalo Sabres 49 16 15 113 354 240
Boston Bruins 40 26 14 94 345 245
Toronto Maple Leafs 31 33 16 78 280 309
California Seals 19 48 13 51 212 316
Norris
Team W L T Pts GF GA
Montreal Canadiens 47 14 19 113 374 225
Los Angeles Kings 42 17 21 105 269 185
Pittsburgh Penguins 37 28 15 89 326 289
Detroit Red Wings 23 45 12 58 259 335
Washington Capitals 8 67 5 21 181 446
That would be Unfortunate. I hated it the 80s and the early 90s. To me, it is UNFAIR as this just means more teams that deserve to be in the playoffs miss out because they are in a division with better teams. It's sort of like going by conference but not as confining. The real way to do it is put all the teams in ONE league and have the top 16 make it...but since that is bad for travel the conference way, like they go now, is best.
What way the put the teams for the regular season I don't really care....whatever works for the league is fine by me.
jom
I miss the possibility of a SC Final between Montreal and Toronto . . . or Boston and New York . . . or in more modern terms, L.A. and Anaheim. I guess the only way this could happen is if all the playoff teams go into the same pool. It'll never happen, but it's what I'd like to see.
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