Canuck or Die Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Good. The east shoud have more teams than the west. Suck it, east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Personally not a huge fan of having uneven divisions, especially when there are 2 big divisions like this (for each conference) I think we should expand before switching into an alignment like this so the divisions are even, Interested to see how this wildcard idea will work. Aswell as the playoffs, exc. To see if they are changing it from the last proposal or keeping it all the same. From our perspective I kinda like it though, we will finally have some competition in San Jose and LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I don't like uneven conferences, even if they figure out a fair 4/5 crossover wildcard playoff solution. As it is, with the 30 teams, the 15 team conference system should be continued. It's more fair and logical. Unless the NHL expands or contracts by two teams, they shouldn't change the conference system. An easy fix would be to leave it as is, and switch Detroit to the East and Winnipeg to the West. Boom. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forklift_ole Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 all the american teams are gary bettman towns, why would you wanna be in the same conference with cities that don't deserve an nhl team? do you actually get excited when vancouver plays in california? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleShield Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 So the playoffs would be Conference Semi - Conference Final - Cup Semi - Cup Final? Reseed conference for the final, and reseed based on league for the cup rounds. Then we could have a Chi-Van Cup final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitecarnage Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The Coyotes are the only team in the proposed Pacific division that were "created" by Bettman. The Kings have been around since 1967, the Sharks since 1991, and the Ducks had already been announced to begin playing the 93 season before Bettman took over as commissioner. So, there you go, one single Bettman team. Not only that, the Sharks have one of the most dedicated fan bases in the league, have been selling out games for years. Sure, Kings fans come and go as the team does, but every LA team other than the Lakers is like that, it's a moody town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forklift_ole Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 about the shark fan base... i don't care if they have a couple of thousand die hard fans out there, but the truth is bay area is all about football and baseball. also you should ask yourself; are they actual hockey fans or just root for a playoff contender team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_pwnzor Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Gotta love it when people say that some divisions are super weak and hate Bettman because of this... NHL teams are power houses for about five years (if you don't count Detroit) and then they go back to being bad/ mediocre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VforVasili Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Why are Florida and Tampa grouped with teams further away than Washington, Carolina, etc...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobLoblaw Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Based on this, East 1 Division teams have an unfair advantage IMO due to the fact they could take a bus to just about every divisional game. I would be more comfortable with CLS and NYI being moved to East 2 and FLA and TB being moved to East 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninON Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Makes you wonder if the NHL is getting ready for a Seattle and Kansas City expansion? Seattle in our division and Kansas in the central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Why are Florida and Tampa grouped with teams further away than Washington, Carolina, etc...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Because then they can make that cool hockey stick shape on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 How about we just keep it the way it is.... They can have Columbus and we'll take Winnipeg, there problem solved. EDIT: I think a whole realignment is idiotic, keep it simple.. What's up with all these major cities in the east and the west being so barren. lol Hurry up and build! If you build it they will come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitecarnage Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 How about we just keep it the way it is.... They can have Columbus and we'll take Winnipeg, there problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I am all for this realignment, but if anything was going to moved and keep things as they are, I would say give them Detroit and we take Winnipeg. This would make the map look better, but it doesn't matter as we are getting moved around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejacer Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 i dont know why people dont think this is great for vancouver!?!? our travel sched is greatly reduced. we play in our time zone we get every team at least once in vancouver. ie crosby, stamkos, ovi, etc every year and for those thinking just switching detroit or cbj with winnipeg would be an easy fix. detroit has been promised an eastern move for years. and i just makes more sense all together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kassian 09 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Based on this, East 1 Division teams have an unfair advantage IMO due to the fact they could take a bus to just about every divisional game. I would be more comfortable with CLS and NYI being moved to East 2 and FLA and TB being moved to East 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Duck Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I realize that we're 4 pages in and this hasn't become a trade Lou thread, so sorry for breaking the chain. (note, I'm not trying to make this a trade Lou thread) I just think it would be hilarious if he gets his dream trade to florida 2013-2014, then - 2014-2015, FLA reports they're relocating to Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitecarnage Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Is the map missing washington? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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