New conference/division alignment

[Shep]

if theres western expansion it'll be Portland and KC imo.

Fla to Q-City.

Seattle is a lock to get a team IMO and all expansion teams will be QC/TOR2 for the largest fee possible. Re-location fee is much more doable for a team like KC than the expansion fee one can get from a team in QC.

[Lee]

James Mirtle @mirtle

Don Fehr: "The NHLPA has given consent to realignment, to be re-evaluated following the 2014-15 season."

[Lee]

Will be in place for next year.

[Peter]

Although its not ideal, I do enjoy a new twist on the standings.

[Lee]

Bruce Garrioch @ SunGarrioch

The Senators will be with Boston, Detroit, Buffalo, Montreal, Toronto, Tampa Bay and Florida when governors rubberstamp realignment.

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Excited to play the Panther and Lightning more.

[Nick]

No more caps! new rivals!!!!

[The BBKL Insider]

at least we get to play Buffalo more, they look like they are on the down (hopefully)

They could be scary when all of the top prospects start to develop tho.

[Chuck Norris]

No more caps! new rivals!!!!

Now you have to contend perenially with TOR, BOS, OTT and MTL lol...

[Nick]

Not worried, excited

[kyuss]

It's official now!

so.. let's see....

Hong, Shep, Anton, Pete, Luke and the newcomer...

bolded are the additions, while no more bcool and shoalzie.

mmh.. it's going to be more interesting with this widened division!

5 already competitive teams (don't think Anton plans to tank further than this season), seems to me like the stronger Western division.

[kimmer]

tuff division!

[kimmer]

centrals fuckin weak

[kyuss]

centrals fuckin weak

lol what?

btw, i'd like to avoid 3 or 4 yrs of Eastern GMs whining about the different odds in the 2 conferences, so why not making the wild cards for 4th division spot a league-wide thing instead of a conference thing?

The NHL does things that way because of travels and time zones, but we don't share those problems..

or we could leave one of Detroit/Columbus in the West. But i know Nick would hate it cause it would complicate the schedule.

[Lee]

Problem solved: Top 4 teams from each conference make the play offs. Sucks for East but whatever.

[kyuss]

Problem solved: Top 4 teams from each conference make the play offs. Sucks for East but whatever.

3 rounds playoffs, eh?

[Nick]

It's official now!

so.. let's see....

Hong, Shep, Anton, Pete, Luke and the newcomer...

bolded are the additions, while no more bcool and shoalzie.

mmh.. it's going to be more interesting with this widened division!

5 already competitive teams (don't think Anton plans to tank further than this season), seems to me like the stronger Western division.

Mike, Kyle, Billy, Chuck, & Scott - hope you welcome Chris & I into 'your' division with some easy wins and lucky breaks!

[Robin Hood]

PIT
NYR
NJD
PHI
NYI

Added:
CBJ
CAR
WSH

lol...

[armandtanzarian]

This blows!!! We better be using the wildcard system.

[armandtanzarian]

I am fucked for the next many years. My team is as old as fuck and i got no picks and will not be a playoff team in that format...lol

[Robin Hood]

I am fucked for the next many years. My team is as old as fuck and i got no picks and will not be a playoff team in that format...lol

You're not fucked as long as you stick to the Shiv model!