If this is the divisions, then each team in a division plays the other 5 teams 5 times each for 25. They play the other divisions in their conference 3 times for 36 (12×3). And they play each team in the opposite conference just once, for 18 games. 25+36+18= a 79 game season.
Top 3 teams in each division makes playoffs. Playoffs get reseeded 1 to 9 in each conference. Bottom 2 teams play each other in essentially wildcard series while 1st place team gets a bye. 1st team plays winner of wildcard. 2nd plays 7th, 3rd plays 6th, and 4th place plays 5th place in each conference.
Also NHL has a three point system.
Less games against opposite conference teams means less travel. That combined with less games in a season and more games against divisional rivals means healthier players playing more meaningful games with more rivalries, because everyone is essentially fighting for their playoff lives game 1
Sad_Package9774
Saskatchewan??
jfstompers
Detroit is not going back west, pick someone else
TheMealio
Hey! I’ve seen that Stags logo before. :/
😀
Billhole
Go Stags!!
GardenTop7253
What did the Av’s logo ever do to you??
That aside, this looks pretty good and makes more sense than anything I’d try to make
bloodhooof
Who the fuck are the Miami panthers
Time_Dilation666
They need to be getting rid of Southern US teams, not adding.
kmay77
No Hartford? Not a real list. Try again
intelpentium400
We need less teams. The NHL schedule is already too long as it is. The more players are tired the less quality hockey we watch.
staefrostae
There’s 32 teams currently in the league. You added 5- the bastions, aeros, stags, nordiques and thrashers. Somehow you ended with 36 teams. Who got cut?
It’s Arizona
jayrabthearab
Why are the red wings in a division that is clearly western.
Why are they not in the same division as the leafs when Detroit is less than a 5 hour drive from Toronto?
Why not put buffalo, or Toronto in the west if you’re gonna throw the wings in there. What was the thought process behind this?
RentBoy-Kef
Hartford didn’t get any love? We’ve added 2 western conference teams in Vegas & Seattle. I think we bring back Quebec & Hartford to balance it out.
DonoAE
The Miami Panthers…
I’m absolutely furious
cabbagesquid
As a Red Wing fan I NEVER want to go back to having in-division games out of the Eastern time zone
justmememe55
I like it, but I can’t imagine Boston would like being in a division with 4 Canadian teams
Background-Half-2862
No way in hell anywhere in Saskatchewan gets a team. There isn’t a city with more than 265k people in it. The province is basically one big farm.
Suspicious-Drama-549
Wtf are these logos
macloa
Would love Saskatchewan to get a team but it would never happen.
johannesBrost1337
I have such a hard time understanding why the NHL needs to expand to more teams at all. Unless we are going open division like in europe where you get relegated, Which could be cool but yeah, I suppose 32 teams seem very sufficient. I’m just rambling at this point I suppose.
idontliketopick
Geographic names for the conferences and divisions is better.
zumbaenthusiast
Detroit -> Adams
Boston -> Patrick
Washington -> O’Brien
Nashville -> Norris
Waffles_Remix
Why don’t the Knights, Kings, and Bastions just get the medieval division?
chickenslacksguy
Please do not put TX teams in a conference with western teams. I don’t want to start watching games at 9:30PM.
2Hanks
My ideal alignment is no divisions or conferences.
FreshOutOfTheAsylum
Go afros!
soupdejour4
Thank you for giving Sask a team. It made my day
jerrybear95
Where in Saskatchewan? I think Portland would make a better market.
seanofkelley
Needs more Whalers
Scissors4215
Saskatchewan Stags? Hahahah. Phoenix has better odds of getting a 2nd team.
SAETIA-
We don’t need anymore teams
Particular_Gur7378
Hartford makes more sense then saskatoon in my opinion. Love saskatchewan but still
domo808
You sir, are an idiot.
Jcoch27
I don’t have the words to describe how much I hate this. It’s gotta be a troll.
Khripchook
Smythe Division is fucked.
CousinJimmy46
Yes! Bring back the old conference and division names.
Juicey_J_Hammerman
So Arizona is cut, and Kansas City and Portland don’t get teams, but Quebec City, and Saskatchewan somehow do?
What?
alcarl11n
I’m partial to “The Saskatchewan Sasquatch”
Dreadrazorbeast
I’m Canadian and I’d rather see Hartford come back over a team in Saskatchewan
vanbboy22
No Hartford Whalers….. ? C’mon man!
jackwoww
Lol. No Arizona
PhillyNWZee29
The Arizona Coyotes are not going anywhere, so no them being eliminated while putting a team in Saskatchewan.
EhDamn
Split up the canadian teams a bit, they’re all concentrated in 2 divisions.
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I could get behind this
If this is the divisions, then each team in a division plays the other 5 teams 5 times each for 25. They play the other divisions in their conference 3 times for 36 (12×3). And they play each team in the opposite conference just once, for 18 games. 25+36+18= a 79 game season.
Top 3 teams in each division makes playoffs. Playoffs get reseeded 1 to 9 in each conference. Bottom 2 teams play each other in essentially wildcard series while 1st place team gets a bye. 1st team plays winner of wildcard. 2nd plays 7th, 3rd plays 6th, and 4th place plays 5th place in each conference.
Also NHL has a three point system.
Less games against opposite conference teams means less travel. That combined with less games in a season and more games against divisional rivals means healthier players playing more meaningful games with more rivalries, because everyone is essentially fighting for their playoff lives game 1
Saskatchewan??
Detroit is not going back west, pick someone else
Hey! I’ve seen that Stags logo before. :/
😀
Go Stags!!
What did the Av’s logo ever do to you??
That aside, this looks pretty good and makes more sense than anything I’d try to make
Who the fuck are the Miami panthers
They need to be getting rid of Southern US teams, not adding.
No Hartford? Not a real list. Try again
We need less teams. The NHL schedule is already too long as it is. The more players are tired the less quality hockey we watch.
There’s 32 teams currently in the league. You added 5- the bastions, aeros, stags, nordiques and thrashers. Somehow you ended with 36 teams. Who got cut?
It’s Arizona
Why are the red wings in a division that is clearly western.
Why are they not in the same division as the leafs when Detroit is less than a 5 hour drive from Toronto?
Why not put buffalo, or Toronto in the west if you’re gonna throw the wings in there. What was the thought process behind this?
Hartford didn’t get any love? We’ve added 2 western conference teams in Vegas & Seattle. I think we bring back Quebec & Hartford to balance it out.
The Miami Panthers…
I’m absolutely furious
As a Red Wing fan I NEVER want to go back to having in-division games out of the Eastern time zone
I like it, but I can’t imagine Boston would like being in a division with 4 Canadian teams
No way in hell anywhere in Saskatchewan gets a team. There isn’t a city with more than 265k people in it. The province is basically one big farm.
Wtf are these logos
Would love Saskatchewan to get a team but it would never happen.
I have such a hard time understanding why the NHL needs to expand to more teams at all. Unless we are going open division like in europe where you get relegated, Which could be cool but yeah, I suppose 32 teams seem very sufficient. I’m just rambling at this point I suppose.
Geographic names for the conferences and divisions is better.
Detroit -> Adams
Boston -> Patrick
Washington -> O’Brien
Nashville -> Norris
Why don’t the Knights, Kings, and Bastions just get the medieval division?
Please do not put TX teams in a conference with western teams. I don’t want to start watching games at 9:30PM.
My ideal alignment is no divisions or conferences.
Go afros!
Thank you for giving Sask a team. It made my day
Where in Saskatchewan? I think Portland would make a better market.
Needs more Whalers
Saskatchewan Stags? Hahahah. Phoenix has better odds of getting a 2nd team.
We don’t need anymore teams
Hartford makes more sense then saskatoon in my opinion. Love saskatchewan but still
You sir, are an idiot.
I don’t have the words to describe how much I hate this. It’s gotta be a troll.
Smythe Division is fucked.
Yes! Bring back the old conference and division names.
So Arizona is cut, and Kansas City and Portland don’t get teams, but Quebec City, and Saskatchewan somehow do?
What?
I’m partial to “The Saskatchewan Sasquatch”
I’m Canadian and I’d rather see Hartford come back over a team in Saskatchewan
No Hartford Whalers….. ? C’mon man!
Lol. No Arizona
The Arizona Coyotes are not going anywhere, so no them being eliminated while putting a team in Saskatchewan.
Split up the canadian teams a bit, they’re all concentrated in 2 divisions.