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This might fit better in the Players in the wrong uniforms thread, but whatevs:

With the recent expansion news, I decided to do an MLS realignment. This would be as of 2022, when St. Louis begins play:

(Los Angeles=LA Galaxy, Long Beach=LA FC, Covington=FC Cincinnati, New York=NYC FC, Newark=NY Red Bulls, Boston=New England, Fort Lauderdale=Inter Miami CF)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

NORTHEAST DIVISION

DC United
Montreal Impact
New England Revolution
New York City FC
New York Red Bulls
Philadelphia Union
Toronto FC

CENTRAL DIVISION

Atlanta United FC
Chicago Fire
FC Cincinnati
Columbus Crew SC
Inter Miami CF
Nashville SC
Orlando City SC

WESTERN CONFERENCE

MIDWEST DIVISION

Austin FC
Colorado Rapids
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo
Minnesota United FC
Sporting Kansas City
St. Louis

PACIFIC DIVISION

Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles FC
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Surprised there's no Sabres or Rangers Winter Classic logos/jerseys/etc.

Marc-Andre Fleury, Vegas Golden Knights

Tim Tebow, New York Mets

Martin Brodeur as a... St. Louis Blue?!?

Also the wrong goalie pads. He should still be in those same pads that used to be white once in 1992.

Wrong mask, too.

However, remember that he was in there in an emergency capacity. He wasn't planning on dressing, so he wouldn't have his gear with him. That's all loner stuff

Wrong NOB font, too. It's the Sabres' primary uniform lettering rather than their alternate's.

No sign of the Bills' wordmark that was introduced alongside their current unis, I see. Here it is, along with the previous wordmark for comparison (they are similar, admittedly).

Ducks Vs Nucks in 2007:

Then again, any pre-edge against the Ducks that season was odd.

Ditto any pre-Edge against the Sabres that season.

God, that looks so wrong.

With the ECHL divisions being really lopsided, I see a realignment coming next season. Here is a realignment that makes most sense...

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Cincinnati Cyclones

Elmira Jackals

Evansville Icemen

Florida Everblades

Ft. Wayne Komets

Greenville Road Warriors

Gwinnett Gladiators

Indianapolis Fuel

Kalamazoo Wings

Orlando Solar Bears

Reading Royals

South Carolina Stingrays

Toledo Walleye

Wheeling Nailers

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Alaska Aces

Bakersfield Condors

Colorado Eagles

Idaho Steelheads

Las Vegas Wranglers

Ontario Reign

Stockton Thunder

Utah Grizzlies

Despite the realignment, it STILL leaves the league with 2 unbalanced conferences, if you know what I mean.

How about this to balance it out? 3 divisions, no conferences.

How about another NBA realignment. With no relocation or expansion:

How about COACHES in the wrong uniforms?

Ok awesome! And the Sabres don't can be found if you go to www.hockeyjerseyconcepts.com and go to the templates section and the NHL fonts. They were there last time I checked.

They're right here: http://s767.photobucket.com/user/HockeyJerseyConcepts/media/NHL%20Numbers/Numbers-BUF3rd.png.html?sort=4&o=54

AAA Baseball realignment, anyone? This combines the International League and the Pacific Coast League into one entity:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

NORTHEAST DIVISION

Buffalo Bisons (Blue Jays)

Pawtucket Red Sox (Red Sox)

Rochester Red Wings (Twins)

Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders (Yankees)

Syracuse Chiefs (Nationals)

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Charlotte Knights (White Sox)

Durham Bulls (Rays)

Gwinnett Braves (Braves)

Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies)

Norfolk Tides (Orioles)

CENTRAL DIVISION

Columbus Clippers (Indians)

Indianapolis Indians (Pirates)

Louisville Bats (Reds)

Nashville Sounds (Brewers)

Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

MIDWEST DIVISION

Iowa Cubs (Cubs)

Memphis Redbirds (Cardinals)

New Orleans Zephyrs (Marlins)

Oklahoma City Redhawks (Astros)

Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals)

MOUNTAIN DIVISION

Albuquerque Isotopes (Dodgers)

Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Rockies)

Round Rock Express (Rangers)

Salt Lake Bees (Angels)

Tucson Padres (Padres)

PACIFIC DIVISION

Fresno Grizzlies (Giants)

Las Vegas 51's (Mets)

Reno Aces (Diamondbacks)

Sacramento River Cats (Athletics)

Tacoma Rainiers (Mariners)

With Sacramento potentially moving to Seattle:

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC

Denver

Golden State

LA Clippers

LA Lakers

Phoenix

Portland

Seattle

Utah

MIDWEST

Dallas

Houston

Memphis

Minnesota

New Orleans

Oklahoma City

San Antonio

EASTERN CONFERENCE

CENTRAL

Atlanta

Chicago

Cleveland

Detroit

Indiana

Milwaukee

Toronto

ATLANTIC

Boston

Brooklyn

Charlotte

Miami

New York

Orlando

Philadelphia

Washington

With the Big Ten adding Maryland and Rutgers, time for a little realignment there:

EAST DIVISION

Indiana

Maryland

Michigan

Michigan State

Ohio State

Penn State

Rutgers

WEST DIVISION

Illinois

Iowa

Minnesota

Nebraska

Northwestern

Purdue

Wisconsin

Miami's in the AFC East for historical purposes, much like Dallas being in the NFC East. And honestly KC would probably stay in the West for the same reason.

But then who would you kick out of the West to accommodate LA? The Broncos, Raiders, and Chargers all have just as much history as the Chiefs do.

NBA, if the whole Sacramento-to-Virginia Beach rumors prove true:

PACIFIC

• Golden State
• LA Clippers
• LA Lakers
• Phoenix
• Portland

• Denver
• Milwaukee
• Minnesota
• Oklahoma City
• Utah

SOUTHWEST

• Same.

• Chicago
• Cleveland
• Detroit
• Indiana
• Toronto

ATLANTIC

• Boston
• Brooklyn
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Washington

• Atlanta
• Charlotte
• Miami
• Orlando
• Virginia Beach/Hampton Roads/Norfolk/whatever

^Not bad, but I'm not a big fan of Colorado in the NL South and Kansas City in the AL West. Here's how I would do it (changes in bold):

If (and when) Major League Baseball expands to 32 teams...

AMERICAN LEAGUE

East

• Baltimore Orioles
• Boston Red Sox
• New York Yankees
• Toronto Blue Jays

North

• Chicago White Sox
• Cleveland Indians
• Detroit Tigers
• Minnesota Twins

South

• Houston Astros
• Kansas City Royals
• Tampa Bay Rays
• Texas Rangers

West

• Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Oakland Athletics
• Seattle Mariners
• West Coast Expansion Team (Either Vegas or Portland I guess)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

East

• New York Mets
• Philadelphia Phillies
• Pittsburgh Pirates
• Washington Nationals

North

• Chicago Cubs
• Colorado Rockies
• Milwaukee Brewers
• St. Louis Cardinals

South

• Atlanta Braves
• Charlotte Expansion Team
• Cincinnati Reds
• Miami Marlins

West

• Arizona Diamondbacks
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• San Diego Padres
• San Francisco Giants

Based on the latest news that the Devils are $77 million in debt, I have reconstructed the league again, by contracting Phoenix and New Jersey.

Rearrange the division names (your Smythe should be Norris, your Norris Adams and your Adams Smythe) and you're golden.

I also like your outside-the-box 3-team-division format too.

And swap Colorado and Dallas.

Mets reliever Tim Brydak

There's plenty more where that came from (the team all wore hockey jerseys on the flight to Toronto; they play the Blue Jays this weekend):

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151746316245078.869267.94421890077&type=1

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-players-show-off-their-hockey-jerseys-1.3724791#7

https://twitter.com/#!/Mets

My faves have to be Jason Bay rocking the Whale, David Wright with a District 5 Ducks jersey, and Jon Rauch with a Syracuse Bulldogs (Slap Shot) jersey.

David Wright as a Michigan Wolverine.

On a side note, those Mets BP jerseys are frigging gorgeous.

IMO, this would be the ideal alignment if the league goes to four divisuons:

If Detroit Moves to the East

Prince of Wales Conference

Jack Adams Division

Boston

Buffalo

Detroit

Montreal

Ottawa

Pittsburgh

Toronto

Lester Patrick Division

Carolina

Florida

New Jersey

NY Islanders

NY Rangers

Philadelphia

Tampa Bay

Washington

Clarence S. Campbell Conference

James Norris Division

Chicago

Columbus

Dallas

Minnesota

Nashville

St. Louis

Winnipeg

Conn Smythe Division

Anaheim

Calgary

Colorado

Edmonton

Los Angeles

Phoenix

San Jose

Vancouver

If Columbus Moves to the East

Prince of Wales Conference

Jack Adams Division

Boston

Buffalo

Montreal

New Jersey

NY Islanders

NY Rangers

Ottawa

Toronto

Lester Patrick Division

Carolina

Columbus

Florida

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

Tampa Bay

Washington

Clarence S. Campbell Conference

James Norris Division

Chicago

Dallas

Detroit

Minnesota

Nashville

St. Louis

Winnipeg

Conn Smythe Division

Anaheim

Calgary

Colorado

Edmonton

Los Angeles

Phoenix

San Jose

Vancouver