I made this because I don’t want to fight Boston [a lot] anymore…
🙁 I’m tired of it, grandpa.
EDIT: In case it wasn’t obvious, four divisions in the Western and four in the Eastern Conference.
EDIT 2: I also tried to keep divisional rivals a thing, but I know that’s not really possible because some teams have multiple rivalries.
daveloper80
I would rather not play Boston more so I’m moving them to the Northeast.
Buffalo moves to the Patrick
Philly moves to the Metro, aka the “every game is a home game” division
edit – haha I thought this was in /r/hockey. Good luck Sabres, the Tage Show is my favorite nightly highlight reel.
Spiritual_Bourbon
It would depend on how they did the schedule but it could be cool.
– Play each team (3) in the division 6 times = 18 games – Play each team in 1 division of the 3 in the conference 4 times = 16 games – Play each team in 2 divisions of the 3 in the conference 2 times = 16 games – Play every team but one in the other conference 2 times = 32 games
This would give you a 3 v 3 for division rivals. Would be awesome if they were able to schedule all 3 of these in a row. Imagine playing Toronto Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night in Buffalo in the same week? The games would feel like the playoffs!
This would give you 2 home v 2 away for 1 division and a home v away for the other 3 divisions. The division would rotate.
Lastly, this would give you a home and away against every team in the west. Ensuring every player in the NHL would play in every other barn each and every season.
EPCOT_Is_My_Favorite
The Northwest division has some nice rivalries. It would be nice for us to have the same rivalries we had back when the division was five teams.
Edit: you should crosspost this to r/hockey
Atty_for_hire
I’m okay with this, but can we just call it the Canada East for the Northeast? Buffalo is okay with it, we grew up with Canadian TV and radio and heading across the border at 19 for drinks and fun. And now I’m in it for the health care and functioning legal weed market.
edit-the-sad-parts
I think it would be very unlikely that we’d stay in the northeast over Boston – Boston – Montreal and Boston – Toronto rivalries and markets way outweigh our rivalry with Toronto or Ottawa
we’d most likely get shoved in the metro, unless they put Philly there and we get Pit/Det/Cbj. But idk that breaking up the pit/philly rivalry is realistic
I’d love to see a Buf/Pit/Det/Cbj division and call it the great lakes division. Ooh, or even better and less realistic – Buf/Tor/Det/Chi great lakes division
sjrotella
The more and more I think about divisions, the more and more I think that the NHL is going to expand to 36 teams.
6 divisions of 6. 3 divisions each conference.
West Division 1 Vancouver Seattle Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg Expansion – Portland, OR
West Division 2 San Jose LA Anaheim Vegas Phoenix Colorado
West Division 3 Minnesota Chicago St. Louis Dallas Nashville Expansion – Houston
East Division 1 Expansion – Quebec City Montreal Boston Toronto Expansion – 2nd Toronto Team Ottawa
East Division 2 Rangers Islanders Jersey Detroit Columbus Buffalo
East Division 3 Tampa Florida Carolina Washington Pittsburgh Philly
JCZ1821
I’ve wanted this for years, but with a few minor tweaks: -Northeast, Northwest, Pacific and Metro are all good. -Arizona, Colorado, Dallas and St. Louis make the “South” -Winnipeg, Minnesota, Chicago and Detroit make the “Central” -Nashville, Carolina, Tampa and Florida make the Southeast -Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Washington make the last division
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I made this because I don’t want to fight Boston [a lot] anymore…
🙁 I’m tired of it, grandpa.
EDIT: In case it wasn’t obvious, four divisions in the Western and four in the Eastern Conference.
EDIT 2: I also tried to keep divisional rivals a thing, but I know that’s not really possible because some teams have multiple rivalries.
I would rather not play Boston more so I’m moving them to the Northeast.
Buffalo moves to the Patrick
Philly moves to the Metro, aka the “every game is a home game” division
edit – haha I thought this was in /r/hockey. Good luck Sabres, the Tage Show is my favorite nightly highlight reel.
It would depend on how they did the schedule but it could be cool.
– Play each team (3) in the division 6 times = 18 games
– Play each team in 1 division of the 3 in the conference 4 times = 16 games
– Play each team in 2 divisions of the 3 in the conference 2 times = 16 games
– Play every team but one in the other conference 2 times = 32 games
This would give you a 3 v 3 for division rivals. Would be awesome if they were able to schedule all 3 of these in a row. Imagine playing Toronto Monday, Wednesday and Saturday night in Buffalo in the same week? The games would feel like the playoffs!
This would give you 2 home v 2 away for 1 division and a home v away for the other 3 divisions.
The division would rotate.
Lastly, this would give you a home and away against every team in the west. Ensuring every player in the NHL would play in every other barn each and every season.
The Northwest division has some nice rivalries. It would be nice for us to have the same rivalries we had back when the division was five teams.
Edit: you should crosspost this to r/hockey
I’m okay with this, but can we just call it the Canada East for the Northeast? Buffalo is okay with it, we grew up with Canadian TV and radio and heading across the border at 19 for drinks and fun. And now I’m in it for the health care and functioning legal weed market.
I think it would be very unlikely that we’d stay in the northeast over Boston – Boston – Montreal and Boston – Toronto rivalries and markets way outweigh our rivalry with Toronto or Ottawa
we’d most likely get shoved in the metro, unless they put Philly there and we get Pit/Det/Cbj. But idk that breaking up the pit/philly rivalry is realistic
I’d love to see a Buf/Pit/Det/Cbj division and call it the great lakes division. Ooh, or even better and less realistic – Buf/Tor/Det/Chi great lakes division
The more and more I think about divisions, the more and more I think that the NHL is going to expand to 36 teams.
6 divisions of 6. 3 divisions each conference.
West Division 1
Vancouver
Seattle
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Expansion – Portland, OR
West Division 2
San Jose
LA
Anaheim
Vegas
Phoenix
Colorado
West Division 3
Minnesota
Chicago
St. Louis
Dallas
Nashville
Expansion – Houston
East Division 1
Expansion – Quebec City
Montreal
Boston
Toronto
Expansion – 2nd Toronto Team
Ottawa
East Division 2
Rangers
Islanders
Jersey
Detroit
Columbus
Buffalo
East Division 3
Tampa
Florida
Carolina
Washington
Pittsburgh
Philly
I’ve wanted this for years, but with a few minor tweaks:
-Northeast, Northwest, Pacific and Metro are all good.
-Arizona, Colorado, Dallas and St. Louis make the “South”
-Winnipeg, Minnesota, Chicago and Detroit make the “Central”
-Nashville, Carolina, Tampa and Florida make the Southeast
-Columbus, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Washington make the last division