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Man, no matter how you slice it.....the Islanders are FUCKED!!!
Especially the way I have it. Imagine being in a conference with the Bruins, Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Canadians and Devils? Haha, holy shit
While I'm willing the split up Boston and Montreal, I am NOT willing to split up Philly and Pittsburgh......and I'm a Bruins fan!!!
I don't think the league would do it either, nor would they ever want to separate the Canadians and Bruins or even the Blackhawks and Red Wings for that matter.
Forget timezones. Here's a tighter geographical setup, that doesn't mess with a lot of the best rivalries and when it does put a few teams from different zones together, it's only a one hour difference....
Conference A
Boston
Montreal
New York
Long Island
New Jersey
Pittsburgh
Phillidelphia
Conference B
Toronto
Ottawa
Buffalo
Detroit
Columbus
Minnesota
Chicago
Winnipeg
Conference C
Florida
Tampa
Carolina
Washington
Nashville
St. Louis
Dallas
Conference D
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
San Jose
LA
Anaheim
Phoenix
Colorado
Last edited by PatSox; 02-26-2013 at 03:24 PM.
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Man, no matter how you slice it.....the Islanders are FUCKED!!!
Especially the way I have it. Imagine being in a conference with the Bruins, Rangers, Penguins, Flyers, Canadians and Devils? Haha, holy shit
BTW, no suspension for Max Pac? Wow
Imagine if he was a Bruin? Ho ho ho!!! They would have called the Royal Mounted Police
Never saw anything about it until I just looked it up now. That's a dirty hit. He should've been sat for a couple. He's been an absolute puke since the Chara hit, as if he's owed the ability to be douche because he survived that hit. I felt bad for him at the time....now I wish he would have been hit harder...
As for realignment, you can slice it hundered different ways, in the end the propsed set-up still isn't bad from a travel stand point (and a lot better for Detroit & Columbus). The part I don't like is the playoff system. Top 3 teams from each division get in then the next best 2 teams from the conference get in. So essentailly the east has 2 extra teams to fight for playoff spots over then the west.
I know it'll never happen , but I would love to see the top 16 get in, with a 1 v 16, 2 v 15, etc seeding system. That way the top two teams at least have the opportunity to play each other.
This kind of plays on a East, North, South and West division.Originally Posted by PatSox
I'd be okay with it.
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I agree with this. Divisions and conferences are appropriate for the regular season, as far as scheduling flights and timeframes for TV audiences, but come the playoffs, the whole East/West thing is overplayed. 16 should play 1, 15 should play 2 and so on. How cool would it be able to have anyone play anyone in any round?
"But what about the rivalries?"
Fuck off. You will still have them all season long. And even the way the playoffs are currently constituted, there's no guarantee they will occur in the postseason anyway. I personally favor the idea of seeing my team play a Vancouver or Detroit or Chicago every once in a while, instead of Buffalo or Montreal or Philly for the umteenth time
I can agree with that, especially when some of these teams play each other in the playoffs so often yet there still isn't really a rivalry, those match-ups get stale. The only argument against it I can see is the extra travel costs for the league if they end up with a whole bunch of east vs. west series in the early going.
Did Vancouver have any kind of rivalry with Boston prior to 2011? Not at all (except all the effin' B's fans in Vancouver for the games). Now?
Playoffs make rivalries.
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Very good point. See Detroit vs. Colorado.
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