Glad to hear it is rubber stamped (as per the comments on the previous page). Sure beats where we are right now.
Here's our future division right now:
Team W-L-T PTS
Chicago 21-0-3 45
St. Louis 12-9-2 26
Minny 11-9-2 24
Dallas 11-9-2 24
Winnipeg 11-11-1 23
Nashville 9-9-5 23
Colorado 8-10-4 20
They're changing the playoff qualification format. Top 3 in each of the four divisions make it in, and then there are 2 wildcards per conference (two teams with most points outside of divisional top 3's). No crossovers.
So right now the Top 3 in the Midwest are Chicago, St. Louis and Minnesota, Top 3 in the Pacific are Anaheim, Vancouver and LA and the Wildcards are San Jose and Phoenix.
The East would have Montreal, Boston and Toronto as Top 3 in the Central, and Pittsburgh, Carolina and NJ as Top 3 in the Atlantic. The Wildcards would be Ottawa and Detroit.
In this scenario the Wildcards account for one division in each conference sending 5 teams to the playoffs (Pacific sends ANA, VAN, LAK, SJS and PHO; Central sends MTL, BOS, TOR, OTT, DET).
What do you guys think? I am kind of bummed out about we have no other Canadian teams in our division and the only teams that are appealing are Blackhawks and the wild.
Team W-L-T PTS
Chicago 21-0-3 45
St. Louis 12-9-2 26
Minny 11-9-2 24
Dallas 11-9-2 24
Winnipeg 11-11-1 23
Nashville 9-9-5 23
Colorado 8-10-4 20
They're changing the playoff qualification format. Top 3 in each of the four divisions make it in, and then there are 2 wildcards per conference (two teams with most points outside of divisional top 3's). No crossovers.
So right now the Top 3 in the Midwest are Chicago, St. Louis and Minnesota, Top 3 in the Pacific are Anaheim, Vancouver and LA and the Wildcards are San Jose and Phoenix.
The East would have Montreal, Boston and Toronto as Top 3 in the Central, and Pittsburgh, Carolina and NJ as Top 3 in the Atlantic. The Wildcards would be Ottawa and Detroit.
In this scenario the Wildcards account for one division in each conference sending 5 teams to the playoffs (Pacific sends ANA, VAN, LAK, SJS and PHO; Central sends MTL, BOS, TOR, OTT, DET).
Thanks for this Gm0ney!
Thought I'd add Fenwick, just to show how teams compare 5v5 if you remove goaltending
Team
FenwickRank
FenwickClose
FenwickHome
FenwickAway
CHI
03
55.31
58.18
52.76
STL
04
55.11
55.13
55.09
DAL
13
51.03
49.53
52.43
WPG
14
50.93
50.19
51.72
COL
22
47.60
50.96
45.42
MIN
24
45.90
51.35
39.17
NSH
25
45.65
48.22
43.05
Data as of Mar 7, 3:30 AM
Close means when the game is within 2 pts
Be interesting who gets hurt more. Us without the soft SE or Minnie without the soft NW... my guess is Minnie... as they haven't really been that great outside of their top pair D and goaltending... but who knows.
Still not a fan of the 16 teams in one conference and 14 in the other, but it is what it is so I can get over it. Looking forward to being in the West. I hope our team is up for it.
Still not a fan of the 16 teams in one conference and 14 in the other, but it is what it is so I can get over it. Looking forward to being in the West. I hope our team is up for it.
This will be temporary, with expansion likely in the card in a couple years, then balance will be restored.
Still not a fan of the 16 teams in one conference and 14 in the other, but it is what it is so I can get over it. Looking forward to being in the West. I hope our team is up for it.
I hear you, but there are physically more teams in the Eastern part of North America, and the 2 teams on the so called border (Detroit and Columbus) both want to be in the East for a variety of reasons. Western teams are still at a travel disadvantage, and with a wild card system the 8th seed in each conference will be comparable points wise. No system is perfect, but this makes sense. The immediate problem for the Jets will be the strength of competition in their new division.
But it sure would be great to win the Southeast before we leave it
Can't wait for this - I'll be able to talk the missus into at least one road trip each to minni and Chi-town. The downside is that I'm expected to take her shopping, which means every single f'ing Target store in the state. minni is covered by Target stores. It seems as though every street in minni has one at the end of the block - just another reason to hate minni. Well, at least there's Fleet Farm - the bigger, better Princess Auto, for consolation.
Does this mean we get to troll the minni boards for every game? I can't wait for all the butt-hurt minni fans crying 'cause they keep losing to the Jets! Unfortunately, all that the redneck minni fans will be able to do is inarticulately rage against us.
I feel sorry for the neckbeard minni fans - they're going to be at the bottom looking up at Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis and Winnipeg. Even worse? They'll be looking up at the Avalanche!
The above is all in jest, of course (excepting the first paragraph) I'm just doing what I can to further the rivalry!
Does it bother anyone that our division is called the Mid-West instead of the Central? How the hell is Boston "central"?
Otherwise I'm fine with the realignment since the unbalanced conferences aren't unbalanced against the Jets. It's interesting to note that the realignment will be revisited in 2 years (after 2014-2015).
So, does this make Seattle and Kansas City the targets then? Kansas City used to be rumored quite a bit, but not so much lately. Houston? Nah...
Seattle for sure. I would think Houston would come before Kansas City, but I've also heard Portland thrown into the mix. That second team is a bit of a crapshoot at this point.
Seattle for sure. I would think Houston would come before Kansas City, but I've also heard Portland thrown into the mix. That second team is a bit of a crapshoot at this point.
It would be pretty epic if Seattle and Portland (my hometown) got teams at the same time! Instant rivalry, decent numbers of hockey fans in both cities, but kind of crazy to launch two brand-new teams so geographically close together. Sounds like Bettman might go for it...
Does it bother anyone that our division is called the Mid-West instead of the Central? How the hell is Boston "central"?
Otherwise I'm fine with the realignment since the unbalanced conferences aren't unbalanced against the Jets. It's interesting to note that the realignment will be revisited in 2 years (after 2014-2015).
The division names are assinine.
How is Dallas Mid-west?
Also of note the title of the thread says realignment is confirmed. The BOG still has to approve it so technically its not confirmed yet.
I suggested division and conference names earlier in this thread but I'll mention it again.
Pacific division, central division, east division, atlantic division.
National western conference
National eastern conference
Sounds better to me than midwest division.
Those are much better (other than adding National in front of the conferences) and I think that's what TSN was originally calling them when the first 4-division proposal came out. Midwest just seems like pandering to the American crowd. No one refers to any part of Canada as midwest Canada.
From wikipedia:
Note: Detroit is very much a part of the midwest - yet another reason I think it's crazy that Detroit is moving east, on top of the issue of balanced conferences and existing rivalries. Colorado, Dallas, Nashville and Winnipeg are not part of the midwest. The NHL is 3/7 on that one.
