In addtion to my re-alignment idea that I posted here not too long ago, there seems to be another (and probably better) idea that was shown on Hockey Night in Canada during the games on Saturday night shown above. What is proposed above is a different twist than what I had posted for the Eastern Conference that moved Nashville east and Winnipeg obviously back to the west. I had 2 divisions of 8 and 7 teams in each conference and an unbalanced schedule. What I don't think people are taking into account is whether the Coyotes are going to be playing hockey in Glendale next year. The city itself has no intention of pumping more money into the franchise and will likely be moved very soon if not next season. What throws the wrench into all this is the underground talk of adding a franchise somewhere in eastern half of Canada. There really isn't anything the NHL is going to do to make everyone happy.
Personally, I can't understand why the NHL would want to move Detroit to the Eastern Conference, despite their longstanding rivalries with the Blackhawks and the Avalanche. It would be one thing if it made geographical sense but it obviously doesn't. The NHL may truly have no choice but to go to four divisions and slightly increase every teams travel across the country to keep it "fair."
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