Detroit & Columbus to the East. 16 teams in the East, 14 teams in the West....yet another conference shakeup.
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Proposed divisions:
Hurricanes, Jackets, Islanders, Rangers, Flyers, Pens, Caps
Bruins, Sabres, Red Wings, Panthers, Senators, Lightning, Leafs
Blackhawks, Avs, Stars, Wild, Predators, Blues, Jets
Ducks, Flames, Oilers, Kings, Coyotes, Sharks, Canucks
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New realignment plan in detail, appears some teams will get screwed. LA Kings finished last in the West last year, barely made the playoffs yet won it all. There will be a couple teams each year in the East singing the same song.
The playoff format calls for the top three teams in each division to earn post-season berths. The remaining four spots would go to wild-card teams, the top two records remaining in each conference. That means there's a possibility five teams make it from one division and only three from another.
It would be divisional playoffs, not conference playoffs, so 1 vs. 4, 2 vs 3 in the first round. The two fourth seeds would be made up of the wild-card teams. The top division winner based on regular-season points in the standings would face off against the lower-ranked wild-card team. The other division winner would play the higher-ranked wild-card.
First-round winners then meet in second round in the division championship; Third round sees Pacific winner vs. Mid-West winner in Western Conference finals; Central winner versus Atlantic winner in Eastern Conference finals; Eastern and Western Conference champions meet in Stanley Cup finals.
The regular season schedule would see teams play every team in the other conference home and away.
This plan is tentative as it still requires approval from both the NHL Board of Governors and the NHL Players' Association.?I don?t take vacations. I don?t get sick. I don?t observe major holidays. I?m a jackhammer.?
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Originally posted by WingsFan View PostAre you leaving out the Canadians just to piss off OP??I don?t take vacations. I don?t get sick. I don?t observe major holidays. I?m a jackhammer.?
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Best shift in the CHL this season, leads the Q in scoring and those Frogs know how to play!
If you’re a follower of NHL prospects then you know that the top two prospects, and the two likely choices at number one overall, in this years NHL Draft are Seth Jones and Nathan McKinnon. Still, that — obviously — doesn’t mean that there isn’t top talent throughout the 2013 NHL Draft class.
Halifax Mooseheads standout Jonathan Drouin is one of those top-level players that could become a star for whatever team takes him come June. The 17-year old showed the skill that he has by undressing his opponents in what can be viewed as one of the best shifts of the year in the QMJHL and the entire CHL.
(For those that don’t know, Drouin is # 27 in White the video)
[youtube]K7YDx0M51WE[/youtube]Last edited by Optimus Prime; February 27, 2013, 06:01 AM.?I don?t take vacations. I don?t get sick. I don?t observe major holidays. I?m a jackhammer.?
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Some interesting reading here too. Seattle Metropolitans - 1917. Seattle with such a fabled hockey history, heh.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Stanley_Cup_champions"]List of Stanley Cup champions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
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Eh. Not sure how I feel about divisional playoffs. If they are going to divisional playoffs, then I hope that they at least reduce the regular season meetings below six. People romanticize a lot of the old-school playoff battles, but man, was it ever tiresome watching the same teams meet every year. In a ten-year span from 1984 through 1993, the Red Wings played in 13 playoff series, and they faced only five different teams in those 13 series.
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I do wish that Columbus and Detroy-it were still together. That's a good natural rivalry that just never got off the ground because Columbus has been shit for so long. For the home of OSU not to share a division with a team from Michigan seems wrong.
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