Re-Alignment Decision Expected Tonight

[jstewismybastardson]

at first glance Im good with it

more options to travel down the pac coast and watch the canucks on the road

and when the coyotes move to quebec there will be 7 teams in the pac/northwest new amalgam division

also glad that they stuck florida and tampa up with those far northeast teams so the leafs and habs can get increased travel too ... fewer of those easy road trips where they can end up back at home to sleep in their own beds ...hope they enjoy!!!

 

[puckhead]

That is painful to read.

example: LA (12th best record in league) would have missed the playoffs last year.*



source: Jonathan Willis

 

[pixburgher66]

at first glance Im good with it

more options to travel down the pac coast and watch the canucks on the road

and when the coyotes move to quebec there will be 7 teams in the pac/northwest new amalgam division

also glad that they stuck florida and tampa up with those far northeast teams so the leafs and habs can get increased travel too ... fewer of those easy road trips where they can end up back at home to sleep in their own beds ...hope they enjoy!!!

What it will likely end up being is a lot of Florida trips...2 or 3 game sets between Tampa and Florida. However, those two teams...they're gonna be on the plane a LOT.

 

[pixburgher66]

example: LA (12th best record in league) would have missed the playoffs last year.

This is interesting. We should go through the past few playoff years and see what the differences would've been...obviously the matchups would've been different, but in terms of who does and doesn't make it.

 

[dash]

also glad that they stuck florida and tampa up with those far northeast teams so the leafs and habs can get increased travel too ... fewer of those easy road trips where they can end up back at home to sleep in their own beds ...hope they enjoy!!!

You don't think they stuck those two Florida teams in that conference in order to boost ticket sales in Sunrise and Tampa Bay, do you? Fans of those teams travel very well.

 

[pixburgher66]

You don't think they stuck those two Florida teams in that conference in order to boost ticket sales in Sunrise and Tampa Bay, do you? Fans of those teams travel very well.

It's already earned the moniker of the "Snowbird Conference"

 

[jstewismybastardson]

You don't think they stuck those two Florida teams in that conference in order to boost ticket sales in Sunrise and Tampa Bay, do you? Fans of those teams travel very well.

i think their are 2 ways to increase Sunrise Panthers attendance... move them or free bullet train service to the rink

 

[IPostedWhat]

Fans of those teams travel very well.

Travel? You mean transplants.

 

[dash]

Travel? You mean transplants.

Yeah, that too...

 

[pixburgher66]

2011 Playoffs in this format:
Conf A:
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim
4. Phoenix
Conf B:
1. Detroit
2. Nashville
3. Chicago
4. Dallas
Conf C:
1. Philly
2. Washington
3. Pitt
4. NYR
Conf D:
1. Boston
2. Tampa
3. Montreal
4. Buffalo

Certainly would've been some different matchups. And as stated, no LA.

 

[pixburgher66]

EDIT: this may be wrong, double checking before re-submitting.

 

[pixburgher66]

Okay, I was sort of right, in the 2010 Post-season we would've seen the Blues in place of the Avs, despite finishing 5 points behind them.

 

[johnnytata]

Didnt really pay much attention to realignment talk since for some wierd reason i din't think it would ever actually happen. So now i am doubly stupid since i am completely fuckin surprised.

At first glance it seems wierd, at second glance it seems really fuckin wierd. In the end its still really fuckin wierd, and for all yhe reasons people have mentioned. But i think its worth a shot, i mean what the fuck, at least its got peoples attention. If it doesnt work, fuck it and start over. I do think some of people's fears are, while legit fears, not likely to happen as often as you think. Things like a 52 pt playoff team are probably more the exception thann the rule. And the fact that "only one" team will make it out of a "power conference" assumes that the balance of power remains consistent from year to year, which i think is also an exception. Surprise teams come along every year and fuck up the whole system. So its not likely that will change regardless of the system.

Then again, i could be a complte fuckin moron who doesnt know what i is talkin about.

 

[pixburgher66]

Ooooh, found a good one in 2008-09
Actual finish:
Bost-Wash-NJD-Pit-Phi-Car-NYR-MTL
NEW version:
Wash/NJD/Pit/Phi
and Bost-MTL-FLA-Buff
Florida finished with 93 points (4 behind Carolina, 2 behind NYR, tied with MTL); Buffalo finished with 91 points.

 

[IPostedWhat]

Then again, i could be a complte fuckin moron who doesnt know what i is talkin about.

That never stops me from posting.

 

[ritari330]

2011 Playoffs in this format:
Conf A:
1. Vancouver
2. San Jose
3. Anaheim
4. Phoenix
Conf B:
1. Detroit
2. Nashville
3. Chicago
4. Dallas
Conf C:
1. Philly
2. Washington
3. Pitt
4. NYR
Conf D:
1. Boston
2. Tampa
3. Montreal
4. Buffalo

Certainly would've been some different matchups. And as stated, no LA.

Washington had the 1st seed in the East last year...

 

[davnlaguna]

does it even help the West?
per NHL realignment approved; new conferences LA Kings Insider
It seems to be a bit of a wash, comparing this season’s schedule to next season’s potential schedule. Here’s how the Kings’ road games break down, by time zone, this season:

Pacific: 10 games
Mountain: 7 games
Central: 12 games
Eastern: 12 games

And here is, potentially, how things might break down next season, depending on which conference teams the Kings play three times:

Pacific: 7 to 12 games
Mountain: 7 to 11 games
Central: 6 games
Eastern: 16 games

So, that’s more games in the East, but compensated by less travel to the Central and more to the Mountain. (Then again, two of those mountain teams, Calgary and Edmonton, are quite far away.)

 

[dash]

does it even help the West?

The answer is no, but it's not all that surprising...

 

[dash]

Ah Burkie shooting from the lip...

“It was typical Gary Bettman. It’s like a Chicago election in the 1930s. Not that it’s fixed, but you have a pretty good sense what’s going to happen beforehand.”

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Ah Burkie shooting from the lip...

“It was typical Gary Bettman. It’s like a Chicago election in the 1930s. Not that it’s fixed, but you have a pretty good sense what’s going to happen beforehand.”

Bettman knows how to swing a baseball bat?