creedie 2 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 I was thinking about how much everyone talks about the western conference domination and thought I would put it into numbers to see if it actually panned out. Here is what I found. The east and west battled each other 260 times thus far. The record for the western conference is 150-83-27. The record for the eastern conference is 110-116-34. Given those numbers the West has beaten the East 57.7% of the time while the East is 42.3% so far this season. I then looked at each individual team in the East to see their records vs. western conference teams. Only one team has a winning record against the western conference and that is Washington (9-4-3), also note that they still have two games remaining in the western conference. When you switch it up it is amazing... most of the teams in the West have a winning record against the East with the exception of three teams (Edmonton, Dallas, and Columbus) Why the disparity between the conferences? I would think that travel in the west would give the east an advantage. Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeff48109 474 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 Why the disparity between the conferences? I would think that travel in the west would give the east an advantage. Thoughts? that is another reason why the west is so much better. despite the traveling disadvantage in the west, the teams have better records. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dat's sick 1,002 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 It's just unfortunate that this means an Eastern team is more likely to win the Cup. They'll breeze through the lackluster competition of the East and face a tired/injured Western team in the final. It's not gonna happen but they should consider making some changes to the playoff system. Have only the division winners directly qualified for the playoffs and then the 10 best in the rest of the league make it in as well. The 6,7,8 seeds in the East are not gonna put up a fight against the top seeds and they wouldn't be near the playoffs in the West. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 re-alignment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
creedie 2 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 It would be great to see the top 16 teams in the league battle for the cup, but that will never happen. I do like your idea about division leaders however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
softshoes 83 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 re-alignment. I approve of this, to bad the league never will. The league seems to think the west needs the Wings to make it more popular to the non-hockey types in the iceless U.S. The way the transplanted Wings fans go to games it seems to prove out somewhat. Maybe with Chicago returning to the upper crust it would take some pressure off the Wings to carry the mantle. I just don't see re-alignment though. No way they leave Chicago as the lone original six in the west. How would you do it? What geographic lines would you use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 It's just unfortunate that this means an Eastern team is more likely to win the Cup. They'll breeze through the lackluster competition of the East and face a tired/injured Western team in the final. Yep, that's how you get s***ty teams like Pittsburgh in the SCF. esteef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,804 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 So why is the West better? The talent is similar and the travel is better in the East. Doesn't make sense to me, but it's true nonetheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 (edited) I approve of this, to bad the league never will. The league seems to think the west needs the Wings to make it more popular to the non-hockey types in the iceless U.S. The way the transplanted Wings fans go to games it seems to prove out somewhat. Maybe with Chicago returning to the upper crust it would take some pressure off the Wings to carry the mantle. I just don't see re-alignment though. No way they leave Chicago as the lone original six in the west. How would you do it? What geographic lines would you use? I'm in the mindset that all teams should travel equally and I would split it basically on a North East to South West type bend and then separate it back into Wales and Campbell Conferences and divisions, spread out original 6 teams, one per division, 3 per conference, equal West Coast teams split per conference - EVERYONE TRAVELS WALES CONFERENCE ADAMS DIVISION Edmonton Vancouver Calgary San Jose Montreal PATRICK DIVISION Minnesota Toronto New York Islanders Buffalo Colorado HOWE DIVISION Columbus Nashville St Louis Detroit Ottawa CAMPBELL CONFERENCE SMYTH DIVISION New York Rangers Philadelphia Washington Florida Tampa Bay NORRIS DIVISION Anaheim Los Angeles Phoenix Dallas Chicago ORR DIVISION Boston Pittsburgh Carolina Atlanta New Jersey Everyone travels, all teams have ABOUT equal travel all the way around In Division games - 5 games a team = 20 games Out Of Division/In Conference - 3 games a team = 30 games Opposite Conference - 2 games(home and home) = 30 games 2 flex games against opposite conference, geographic relevance/rivalry games = 2 games 82 game schedule. EDIT - I realize that Chicago and Montreal get boned the most on travel IN division, but put it in perspective, only 10 games of these 20 against these teams will be on the road and it could be part of a west coast swing... also, all other teams in the division, essentially have to make the swing at least 5 times a season, plus the extra 2 or 3 for out of conference, so it comes very close to evening out... it still screws them less than the current schedule screws quite a FEW teams (Detroit, Chicago, Minnesota, Columbus, Nashville, etc...) Edited March 26, 2010 by stevkrause Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 ^ How can you have an 'ORR' division without Boston actually in it? esteef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 (edited) ^ How can you have an 'ORR' division without Boston actually in it? esteef you clearly replied before my first edit look again... I was more just filling it out and lining teams up and kinda missed that, so I corrected it... look again! Edited March 25, 2010 by stevkrause Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esteef 2,679 Report post Posted March 25, 2010 you clearly replied before my first edit look again... I was more just filling it out and lining teams up and kinda missed that, so I corrected it... look again! Beauty! esteef Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
