Magnus
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Switch Columbus off with Detroit then switch the Predators and Blackhawks and you have a deal.
I understand why Chicago would want to join St. Louis and C-bus, but I don't think there is much going on between Minny-Peg and Smashville.
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Anyway, the 60-game season proposal in there would render divisions pretty moot, aside from the 2 games at the end of the season.
Every team has to travel to every city precisely once under that scenario. I like the idea of 60 games because then the playoffs might actually finish before snow melts.
If the NHL doesn't like the idea of losing 11 home dates, they can always host exhibition series before or after the season to make up the difference in revenue. Plus, you know, one outdoor game for everyone.
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I'm sure I have posted something similar before in this exact thread, but with the talk of Phoenix likely being moved to Seattle, here's another look at the pod system.
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Could go with Seattle Brewers...Starbucks would love it.
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Arizona is stupid and no one should live there.
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Fox Sports Arizona has a good chunk of details, as well. Here, literally, is the money quote:
Sherwood has been preparing a report that examines the financial implications for the city with and without the Coyotes that he will present to council members on Tuesday. Based on his task force’s findings, the Coyotes remaining in Arizona would mean about $1.5 million more annually for the city.Spending $6 million a year to bring in $1.5 million in revenue? You just got Glendaled, son!
And here I thought Arizona was a fiscally conservative state...
Well, corporate socialism is not bad, apparently...
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I really think folding the team would be a good idea at this point. What's a roster of 23 players among 29 teams? A bonus for 23 of the highest bidders for not having to fund this crap any more...grant an expansion franchise to the next city when it is ready, and the BoG even gets their pretty expansion fee.
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Aaaaand, from the NHL forums...
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Move the Suns to Glendale to have a 41-game tenant there that sports fans would actually pay full price to see. Move the NHL team out of Glendale. Problem solved. If America West Arena and Downtown Phoenix don't like it, tough noogies.
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It has always disturbed me that FBS schools play uneven home-away schedules. I understand that some games are neutral-site (that seems okay), and that many small schools travel to large schools because they get paid to get beaten to a pulp. But here's a fix I am proposing between the Rice Owls and Houston Cougars - both of which play home games in the city of Houston. Houston is scheduled to host 7 games this (2013) season, but their home field is being upgraded, so they are using the Houston Texans' stadium. Rice has 5 home games scheduled. Why not flip their conference game against each other to Rice Stadium, and give each team 6 home games? It would be one less date for the Texans to have to worry about, and give the Owls an extra home game.
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How about the Stags? The rocky mountain elk is the state animal - the bee is the state insect, and I believe it was jaha32 who came up with a Stags identity in his basketball concepts that would work well for Utah as well.
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Well, what the hell. I just threw in $20. Hopefully I'll not have to pay it out, but it's just $20.
Indiegogo is different from Kickstarter in that a campaign keeps its funding even if it doesn't reach its goal. So, yeah, you just lost $20.
These guys are kind of jerks. There's no way they'll reach $180 million, but they might collect a bundle in gag pledges from people who don't know better.
Actually, there are fixed and flexible funding packages on Indiegogo.
From the project page: "This campaign will only receive funds if at least $180,000,000 is raised by Fri 26 Jul 11:59PM PT."
I would love to bring back the Mudbugs, though, if they had better attendance than in Glendale.
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Well, what the hell. I just threw in $20. Hopefully I'll not have to pay it out, but it's just $20.
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Is it possible for the leader of an NHL division to be ranked 9th or lower in the conference in the new realignment format?
Well, let's see...
If 38/82 games are divisional, and 46 are outside... and a division leader somehow manages to lose ALL games outside their division...
38-46 would equal 76 points - Not usually enough to qualify for playoffs in an 82-game season. (In fact, 8 games below .500!)
Therefore, I propose that even under the realignment plan that the NHL is adopting, a division leader should get the conference ranking that their point total merits, not an automatic #2 seed.
NO MORE SUBSTANDARD TEAMS GETTING HIGH SEEDINGS.
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An addition to my earlier-posted realignment where there are 10 divisions of 3:
Reduce the regular season to 60 games. Each team plays every other team once at home and once away.
That makes 58 games. In theory, this makes the travel burden a lot more for Eastern clubs, and so puts their travel amount closer to what Western teams have to endure.
And then, to wrap up the regular season in dramatic fashion - a way that I believe will be attractive to American audiences...
"NHL Bowl Week ©"
Yes, you heard it here first, folks. ALL 30 TEAMS get to play in an outdoor stadium - once as a guest, and once as a host, against two of their greatest rivals.
Here's the breakdown:
Group 1: Great Lakes
Buffalo Wings Bowl, sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings - Buffalo hosts Toronto at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Trillium Bowl - Toronto hosts Detroit at BMO Field or Skydome
Motor Bowl - Detroit hosts Buffalo at Michigan Stadium or Comerica Park or Ford Field or my personal favourite, the Pontiac Silverdome
Group 2: Northwest
Whale Bowl - Vancouver hosts Calgary at BC Place
Encana Bowl - Calgary hosts Edmonton at McMahon Stadium
Rexall Bowl - Edmonton hosts Vancouver at Commonwealth Stadium
Group 3: California
California Bowl - Anaheim hosts Los Angeles at Mount Baldy Ski Resort, California
Fish Bowl - San Jose hosts Anaheim at the Badger Pass Ski Resort, California
Golden Bowl - Los Angeles hosts San Jose at Mount Baldy
Group 4: Southern
Busch Bowl sponsored by Budweiser - St Louis vs Nashville at Busch Stadium
Tomato Bowl - Nashville vs Columbus at Volunteer Stadium *(tomatoes are the state fruit of Tennessee)
Buckeye Bowl - Columbus vs St Louis at Buckeye Stadium
Group 5: Central
Bomber Bowl - Jets vs Wild - Bombers Stadium
Gopher Bowl - Wild vs Blackhawks - TCF Bank Stadium, U of Minnesota
Wrigley Bowl - Blackhawks vs Jets - Wrigley Field
Group 6: Mountain/Desert
Oasis Bowl - Phoenix vs Dallas - Sunrise Park Ski Resort, Arizona
Cowboy Bowl - Dallas vs Colorado - Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Buffalo Bowl- Colorado vs Phoenix - Folsom Field (home of the Colorado Buffaloes), Boulder, Colorado
Group 7: Northeast
Green Monster Bowl - Boston vs Montreal, Fenway Park
Boule Olympique - Montreal vs Ottawa, Stade Olympique
National/Canada Bowl - Ottawa vs Boston, Frank Clair Stadium
Group 8: Metro
Yankee Bowl - Rangers vs Islanders, Yankee Stadium
Big Apple Bowl - Islanders vs Devils, Citi Field
Swamp Bowl - Devils vs Rangers, Meadowlands Stadium
Group 9: Atlantic
Keystone Bowl - Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh from Penn State
Liberty Bell Bowl - Pittsburgh vs Washington from Penn State
Federal Bowl - Philadelphia vs Washington from RFK Stadium
Group 10: Tropical
Carolina Blue Bowl - Carolina vs Tampa from Appalachian State University - Boone, North Carolina
Bama Bowl - Tampa vs Florida from Cheaha Mountain, Alabama
Jamaica Bowl - Florida vs Carolina from Blue Mountain Peak, Jamaica
**Away opponents could of course be rotated from season to season to keep things interesting.**
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Now I realize that you are probably thinking - a 60 game season? There is no way that any NHL owner would want to cut out 11 home dates from their schedule.
I have a solution to that as well. You know how HC Davos hosts the Spengler Cup each year? Every NHL club could do the same, whether they prefer to do so before or after the regular season.
Here's an example I came up with.
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PENNSYLVANIA KEYSTONE CUP - hosted by Penn State University
Participants:
Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Penn State Nittany Lions, Pitt Panthers, Robert Morris Colonials, Mercyhurst Lakers
Tournament Structure:
Each team plays all five opponents. Top two teams play for championship - third and fourth-ranked teams play for bronze.
Tournament payout:
Winners of the Keystone Cup receive 25% of net revenues raised, and their name engraved on the Keystone Cup.
Second place gets 22% of revenues (47%)
Third place gets 18% of revenues (65%)
Fourth place gets 14% of revenues (79%)
Fifth place gets 11% of revenues (90%)
Sixth place gets 10% of revenues (100%)
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Now, I can almost guarantee that we would see the two NHL clubs play for the championship most years, but the incentive payout for the university clubs is there as well - sort of like how NCAA teams get big payouts to travel and get demolished by playing in the big football programs' stadiums.
YAY CAPITALISM.
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i kinda like it, but division races might not be as close?
Ehh, it is what it is. No realignment is ever going to put all the crappy teams together and all the good teams together - unless we're talking about promotion and relegation...
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You have the Southern Division stretching from LA to Carolina and the Florida teams?
Just because they're geographically south, doesn't mean they fit well in a division.
The total distance would be ridiculous coupled with it spanning 4 time zones.
You think fans of the teams on the east coast are gonna want to stay up and watch that many games being played 3
hours behind? No, they're not. And there's gonna a lot of games within the division.
Not to mention separating the Blues from the Blackhawks.
Eh, it's what had to be done. I thought preserving the Wings and Hawks was more important.
As far as the Southern division being absolutely screwed for travel, I get where you are coming from - as well
as the late starts. For that reason, I think that proposals #1 and #3 help even out the total travel that every team
would have to endure, as I placed one Eastern time division with a westerly division, a la NFL, into two conferences.
Perhaps the Southern's divisional games could be staged on weekends, though - say Friday night,
and Saturday/Sunday 3 PM starts (Pacific Time), airing at 6 PM on the east coast.
Just a thought.
Actually, my real preference would be 10 pods of 3 teams - but I don't know if that would seem too drastic for the NHL.
PODS:
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Sounds like the same kind of math that Canada's federal government is using in their budget. [/end political rant]
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Respectfully submitted to the NHL Board of Governors: I believe that the realignment plans outlined herein present a more suitable list of possibilities than the current realignment that was agreed to upon the negotiation of the current contract between the NHLPA and NHL Board of Governors.
The realignments herein are more suitable because they all allow for the maintenance of two conferences of 15 teams each.
Further to this proposal, I submit that qualification for the playoffs have the following stipulation: Division winners would be allowed a playoff seed,
however, it would fall in the appropriate standing relative to the other 7 teams that qualify for the playoffs in that conference.
(i.e. if the Southern Division winner has fewer points than the 4th-best team in the other division of its conference, it would be seeded 5th.)
Please note: The rendering of the franchise currently known at the Phoenix Coyotes has been changed to Quebec Coyotes in this model, but could also suitably be replaced with their current location, and placed into the appropriate division henceforth.
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From reading that last big shpeel, it sounds like the team in Phoenix is acting as a "loss leader" for the rest of the league.
*(a product sold at a low price, at or below its market cost[2] to stimulate other sales of more profitable goods or services)
Am I right?
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Funny, how I'm reading the article, they are seeking a non-Coyotes consultant to run the arena, which would indicate to me that that money would not be going to the hockey team itself, but to these new consultants, whomever they would be.
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Why would the Wings travel to Ann Arbor when they could play at Comerica Park? I dunno. Spectacle? Nothing wrong with either venue mentioned. Those are just the ones I picked. Also - you'll notice I named St. Louis' game the Busch Bowl. I didn't completely forget...