The_Admiral Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Then the Nords are in the Habs' division and it's 8/7/8/7. Easy. They surely had this in mind. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Gary Bettman has no clue www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Gary Bettman has no clueThis post has been brought to you by Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Listening to Gary Bettman talk makes me want to punch babies. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Gary Bettman has no clueSo Gary Bettman comes in and changes the playoff format once upon a time and people bitched at him. For a number of reasons years later they adopt a similar format again and people bitch at him. Guy can't win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So can the neo-Patrick Division just be considered East-Two's flyover country? | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEW.ERA Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So unless PHX moves to Quebec City. Right now Eastern Teams have a 57% chance at making the playoffs, western teams have a 50% chance. I'm sure they'll throw Detroit or Columbus over to the east before next season. JETS|PACK|JAYS|NUFC|BAMA|BOMBERS|RAPS|ORANJE| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like the current alignment minus the need for Winnipeg to move. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMMF Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So unless PHX moves to Quebec City. Right now Eastern Teams have a 57% chance at making the playoffs, western teams have a 50% chance. I'm sure they'll throw Detroit or Columbus over to the east before next season.You make it sound like they are random odds. No matter which conference you are in, you still need to be one of the top 4 teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 So unless PHX moves to Quebec City. Right now Eastern Teams have a 57% chance at making the playoffs, western teams have a 50% chance. I'm sure they'll throw Detroit or Columbus over to the east before next season.You make it sound like they are random odds. No matter which conference you are in, you still need to be one of the top 4 teams.And I'm sure the conference schedule is such that you can control your own destiny for that. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Guy can't win.Only because he's terrible at his job. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like it because every team will pass through your favorite teams arena at least onceAnyhoo just for fun here is last years standings using the new realignment plan:(I know the new plan was necessary because of Atlanta's move to Winnipeg and of course the point total would have been totally different had they played under the new schedule format)AtlanticWashington - 107 Philadelphia - 106 Pittsburgh - 106 N.Y. Rangers - 93Carolina - 91 New Jersey - 81 Atlanta - 80 N.Y. Islanders - 73 NortheastBoston - 103 Tampa Bay - 103 Montreal - 96 Buffalo - 96Toronto - 85 pointsOttawa - 74 pointsFlorida - 72 pointsCentralDetroit - 104Nashville - 99Chicago - 97Dallas - 95St. Louis - 87Minnesota - 86Columbus - 81PacificVancouver - 117San Jose - 105Anaheim - 99Phoenix - 99Los Angeles - 98Calgary - 94Colorado - 68Edmonton - 62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The new "Central" division is a major improvement for the Wild. Don't get me wrong, I love staying up until 11PM or midnight to watch them play divisional games. But this new division will allow for more natural rivalries to form with Detroit, Chicago, Winnipeg, etc. Congratulations to the NHL for fixing what, in my opinion, was very broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSox44 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I actually really like this.Now all they need to do is announce the names. Patrick, Adams, Norris and Smythe?Or maybe the new version that's floating around: Orr, Lemieux, Gretzky and Howe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc51design Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 lockerroom51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Patrick, Adams, Norris, Smythe or we riot.No, we are done honoring owners who spent their careers crushing player rights and resisting expansion.That's not a bad reason to honor someone in today's NHL... Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The new realignment is better (I especially like the new playoff format), but I would have divided the divisions up a little differently:NortheastOttawaBuffaloMontrealNew York RangersNew York IslandersNew JerseyBostonAtlanticPhiladelphiaWashingtonPittsburghNashvilleCarolinaTampa BayFloridaCentralDetroitTorontoChicagoColumbusMinnesotaSt. LouisWinnipegDallasWestVancouverSan JoseAnaheimPhoenixLos AngelesCalgaryColoradoEdmonton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQK Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 You're not taking Philly or Pittsburgh from the Devils/Islanders/Rags...So that doesn't work. Stay Tuned Sports Podcast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The new "Central" division is a major improvement for the Wild. Don't get me wrong, I love staying up until 11PM or midnight to watch them play divisional games. But this new division will allow for more natural rivalries to form with Detroit, Chicago, Winnipeg, etc. Congratulations to the NHL for fixing what, in my opinion, was very broken.No doubt. Lining Minnesota up with most of its former Norris Division opponents is great. It's always been a bummer to have the Wild and T-Wolves out west. This creates better geographic rivalry, and as you say, better timing for most road games. It was the Wild's "rivalries" that caused the old schedule format to really rub me the wrong way. (And count me in the half that prefers to play every team once at home and once on the road). Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 You're not taking Philly or Pittsburgh from the Devils/Islanders/Rags...So that doesn't work.If you're trying to do it geographically, you have to split them up. Here was my other idea... this is probably my dream scenario... AtlanticWashingtonBuffaloPhiladelphiaPittsburghNew York RangersNew York IslandersNew JerseyBostonMidwest/Southeast (Rejects) DivisionSt. LouisDallasColumbusNashvilleCarolinaTampa BayFloridaNorthDetroitTorontoChicagoMontrealMinnesotaBuffaloOttawaWestVancouverSan JoseAnaheimPhoenixLos AngelesCalgaryColoradoEdmontonPoints of emphasis:- No geographic oddities- Keeps most of the historically significant or financially rivalries in tact. For those that are severed (such as Montreal/Boston), they are replaced with other historically relevant rivalries that have been dormant (such as Habs/Wings or Habs/Hawks).- Teams like Columbus and Nashville lose those "moneymaking" games against Chicago/Detroit/etc... but will recover lost profit from playoff games by being placed in a weaker division and the establishment of geographically significant rivalries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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