Booche Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Wow. I'm a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Me, too. As I said in the general NHL thread, I especially like the fact that each team plays every other team at least twice. It paints a more accurate picture of who the strongest teams are at the end of the regular season, and means that fans in every market will, at least theoretically, have a chance to see their favourite non-local player come to town, which can only help build the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 moi aussi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartamophone Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Also, some of the suggestions for new conference names on Twitter (#NHLConferenceNames) are pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted December 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I'm most excited about more rivalries coming back thanks to the playoff format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBigTime Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 This is being done to address travel concerns for teams, which makes sense 100%... The Western teams have been getting screwed for years due to crazy travel schedules. But does no one else see having two 7 team conferences and two 8 team conferences as very unbalanced and unfair to those in 8 team conferences? The 4 conferences are supposed to be completely separate from each other, so no East West at all... 4 teams from each conference make the playoffs regardless of total points. You will have a team in fifth place with 96 points missing the playoffs while a 4th place team slides into the playoffs with 84 points or something.But hey, all of this works in my team's favour, just cant believe the "Western" teams will go for it as the lessening of travel trumps potentially missing the playoffs after a pretty good (a la 96 pts or so) season.This is all about travel only as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Guess they could have put Detroit in the North East conference to make it so there was one odd and one even in each division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 ^This.I guess the NHL didn't want to choose between the two teams that should be sent back to the East (Detroit, Columbus). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Give it to the original 6 team, would be my suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I like the new format.The NHL needs two more teams to even things out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 When Phoenix moves to Quebec City things will even out.I'd like to see the old Adams division name back.1992–1993 Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Hartford Whalers Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Quebec Nordiques Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Johnson Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 ^^^I was just gonna say they've left it open for Quebec and Toronto II to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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