New Conferences

[hong57]

Surprised no one is talking about this?

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=382065

The existing Northeast division would be expanded to include the league's two Florida-based teams, making a conference of: Boston, Buffalo, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay and Toronto.

Meanwhile, the existing Atlantic Division would gain two teams for a seven-team conference including: Carolina, New Jersey, the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington.

The Central Division would be modified to form a conference of Mid-Western teams including: Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, and Winnipeg.

The three Canadian teams from the Northwest Division would join a proposed Western Conference including: Anaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose and Vancouver.


hi my new friends

[hong57]

top 4 teams in each conference would make the playoffs

[Mike]

Was really hoping they'd wait until Phoenix got sorted out.

[Shep]

Phoenix will be staying. YOU CAN COUNT ON THAT!

[armandtanzarian]

Welcome to the NE Nick and Chris

[Mike]

This seems like such an inelegant solution. Bah.

[armandtanzarian]

Really fucks the balance in our league, thats for sure...lol

[Shep]

Really fucks the balance in our league, thats for sure...lol

Meh..

1 strong, 3 average

[Chris]

So who do I get to beat on next year?

[Chris]

Anaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose and Vancouver. Hmmm, not bad. 5 pushovers, two H2H monsters. Welcome me to the club for next year, Stevie.

[Nick]

is it final?

[MSP4LYFE]

is it final?

Pending approval from Gary Bettman and the NHLPA, but it's essentially a done deal.

[MSP4LYFE]

BTW, I fucking LOVE my new conference, not stoked about the playoff structure though, essentially have to beat Scott to get to the conference finals.

[armandtanzarian]

How do playoffs work? like the seeding?

[Shep]

The top four teams in each Conference would qualify for the playoffs. The first-place team would play the fourth-place team; the second-place team would play the third-place team. The four respective Conference champions would meet in the third round of the Playoffs, with the survivors playing for the Stanley Cup.

NHL general managers will determine the playoff structure after round two in the proposed realignment.

The concept of re-seeding is a strong contender, however the league wants the general managers' input before implementing.

[inferno31]

Thats the visual.. taken from well you can figure it out.

I haven't had time to digest this idea yet. Read some tweets how the 12th best team (LA Kings) last year would of missed the playoffs in this format. Leafs Conference isn't so bad. We'd be home in Toronto, Ottawa, Florida and Tampa.. Lot more home games added just there lol.

[Mike]

Thanks for the map, was hoping to see one of these.

[hong57]

lol i don't get how we fly down allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way to fla... might as well fly to hk

[inferno31]

East 2 should just be called NBC Universal. The only teams they care about are there. Also has to be one of the harder conferences. Leafs one doesn't look horrible but Florida is turning it around. Seems like the islanders and carolina are doomed to fail.

[bills09]

Great assuming bbkl follows this, the northeast+Nick and Chris.

Wonderful