ChristopherReevesLegs 7,022 Report post Posted January 9, 2018 2 hours ago, kickazz said: Back when Dragon Ball Z was popular in North America. Watch all the fighting on Cartoon Network, then continue to watch fighting at night on hockey. Those were the days. Violence everywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted January 10, 2018 On 1/8/2018 at 2:27 PM, Dabura said: I want a team in Hawaii. I'd like to see them play a Winter Classic game there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bIueadams 776 Report post Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Business Idea: Create more and smaller divisions. Play teams in ones own division a lot. Create better more heated rivalries. Western Hockey Conference WHC North ----- The Pacific NW teams Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Seattle WHC West ----- The California Boys San Jose Los Angeles Anaheim Las Vegas WHC South ----- The Southerners Arizona Dallas Florida Tampa Bay WHC East ----- The Central teams Winnipeg Colorado St. Louis Minnesota Eastern Hockey Conference EHC North ----- Great rivalries + Ottawa Montreal Ottawa Toronto Boston EHC West ----- Keep Wings and Hawks in the same division Detroit Chicago Columbus Nashville EHC South ----- Battle for Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Philadelphia Washington Carolina EHC East ----- The New York boys New Jersey New York Rangers New York Islanders Buffalo Each division produces two teams for the playoffs, no wild cards. Playoff seeding identical to how it is now. Regular season is 82 games. 16 games against opposing conference teams. 24 games against inner conference teams from outside your division. Remaining 42 games are played inter-division. So Detroit for example would play every team in the Western Conference once a year. Then they would play teams from Eastern Conference North, South, and East twice a year. Then they would play Chicago, Nashville, and Columbus each 14 times in a season. So literally half your schedule is 3 opposing teams. This years playoffs would look like this right now if it was scored the same: West: Calgary Edmonton Colorado St. Louis Los Angeles Las Vegas Florida Tampa Bay East: Toronto Boston Pittsburgh Carolina New York Rangers New York Islanders Nashville Columbus Big teams who missed due to strong division: Washington Crap teams that luck in because of weak division: Islanders and Columbus It would inter-divisional play uber important for the playoffs and that coupled with meeting those teams 14 times a year each means big nasty rivalries. Edited March 17, 2022 by bIueadams Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) In the past, I have proposed the idea of 4 conferences with 2 divisions each: Canada Conference, East Division: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston Canada Conference, West Division: Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver Western Conference, Pacific Division: Seattle, LA, San Jose, Anaheim Western Conference, Southwest Division: Arizona, Vegas, Colorado, Dallas Central Conference, Midwest Division: St Louis, Minnesota, Chicago, Nashville Central Conference, Northeast Division: Detroit, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Buffalo Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division: Philadelphia, NY Rangers, NY Islanders, NJ Eastern Conference, Southeast Division: Tampa, Florida, Carolina, Washington Regular Season: 2 games (1 home, 1 away) against each team in the other conferences= 48 games. 4 games (2 home, 2 away) against each team in the other division within your conference= 16 games. 6 games (3 home, 3 away) against each team in your own division= 18 games. 48+16+18=82 regular season games. Playoffs: The top 2 teams in each division play each other based on regular season record to determine 8 overall division winners. The 2 division winners within each conference play each other to determine the conference winners. The 4 Conference winners are then seeded by regular season records: 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3. Winners then play for SC. You're basically gifting a Canadian franchise a spot in the final 4. Maybe they will do something with it. Edited March 17, 2022 by Neomaxizoomdweebie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,961 Report post Posted March 17, 2022 Last season quickly made me realize too many games against the same few teams suuuccckkkkksss. 42 games vs 3-4 teams is too much I think. A home and home vs opposing conference is good. But the split between division and conference rivals needs to shrink some. 2 ely s and Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bIueadams 776 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 7 hours ago, marcaractac said: Last season quickly made me realize too many games against the same few teams suuuccckkkkksss. 42 games vs 3-4 teams is too much I think. A home and home vs opposing conference is good. But the split between division and conference rivals needs to shrink some. At least in my model you could double the amount of games played against out of conference teams to x32. Therefore you play every team in the league twice per season. Then you play 2 inter divisional teams 9 times, with one team u only play 8 times. Maybe that's more agreeable. I like the model because it makes divisional games super important and possibly heated. 7 hours ago, Neomaxizoomdweebie said: In the past, I have proposed the idea of 4 conferences with 2 divisions each: Canada Conference, East Division: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston Canada Conference, West Division: Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver Western Conference, Pacific Division: Seattle, LA, San Jose, Anaheim Western Conference, Southwest Division: Arizona, Vegas, Colorado, Dallas Central Conference, Midwest Division: St Louis, Minnesota, Chicago, Nashville Central Conference, Northeast Division: Detroit, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Buffalo Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division: Philadelphia, NY Rangers, NY Islanders, NJ Eastern Conference, Southeast Division: Tampa, Florida, Carolina, Washington Regular Season: 2 games (1 home, 1 away) against each team in the other conferences= 48 games. 4 games (2 home, 2 away) against each team in the other division within your conference= 16 games. 6 games (3 home, 3 away) against each team in your own division= 18 games. 48+16+18=82 regular season games. Playoffs: The top 2 teams in each division play each other based on regular season record to determine 8 overall division winners. The 2 division winners within each conference play each other to determine the conference winners. The 4 Conference winners are then seeded by regular season records: 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3. Winners then play for SC. You're basically gifting a Canadian franchise a spot in the final 4. Maybe they will do something with it. I don't hate your division splits. I just don't see the need to split the league over national lines. That's covid reactionary BS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,961 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 Keep the same conferences and divisions. Home and home versus opposite conference: 32 games 2 home & 2 away versus division rivals: 28 games Home and home vs other division in conference plus extra 3 home and 3 away games against 6 of the 8 other division teams. Division winner takes top 2 seeds in each conference, 3rd-8th decided by conference standings. Highest seed vs lowest seed the entire way through the playoff rounds. Go back to East versus West for the All-Star game. The winner takes home-ice advantage for Stanley Cup Finals. Make that game mean something and it might actually be entertaining. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Mahonas 1,872 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 15 hours ago, Neomaxizoomdweebie said: In the past, I have proposed the idea of 4 conferences with 2 divisions each: Canada Conference, East Division: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Boston Canada Conference, West Division: Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver Western Conference, Pacific Division: Seattle, LA, San Jose, Anaheim Western Conference, Southwest Division: Arizona, Vegas, Colorado, Dallas Central Conference, Midwest Division: St Louis, Minnesota, Chicago, Nashville Central Conference, Northeast Division: Detroit, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Buffalo Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division: Philadelphia, NY Rangers, NY Islanders, NJ Eastern Conference, Southeast Division: Tampa, Florida, Carolina, Washington Regular Season: 2 games (1 home, 1 away) against each team in the other conferences= 48 games. 4 games (2 home, 2 away) against each team in the other division within your conference= 16 games. 6 games (3 home, 3 away) against each team in your own division= 18 games. 48+16+18=82 regular season games. Playoffs: The top 2 teams in each division play each other based on regular season record to determine 8 overall division winners. The 2 division winners within each conference play each other to determine the conference winners. The 4 Conference winners are then seeded by regular season records: 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3. Winners then play for SC. You're basically gifting a Canadian franchise a spot in the final 4. Maybe they will do something with it. yup. one change. 2 conferences, 4 divisions each. mimic the nfl. American Hockey Conference, Canadian Hockey Conference. AHC West: LA, Anaheim, SJ, Sea CHC West: Van, Edm, Cgy, Winn AHC East: Pitts, Phi, Bos, Wash CHC East: TO, Ott, Mtl, Buf AHC North: StL, Co, Vegas, AZ CHC North: Det, CBJ, Minn, Chi AHC South: Flo, TB Nsh, Car CHC South: Wsh, NJ, NYR, NYI Then incorporate baseball style scheduling so the travel isnt so stupid. Have same conference teams play each other 2 or 3 games in a row, depending on different division or same division. Then have one or 2 set times of the year for "Interleague Play" where the AHC divisions travel to play the divisions in the NHC, and vice versa. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Mahonas 1,872 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 Det Schedule for Ex. @CBJ @CBJ @CBJ TO TO Ott Ott Mtl Mtl Buf Buf @Wsh @Wsh @NJ @NJ @NYI @NYi @NYR @NYR Van Van Cgy Cgy Winn Edm Edm Winn Start of Interleage Play @LA @Ana @SJ @Buff @Mtl @TO @Ott End of Interleague Play @Winn @Winn @Edm @Edm @Cgy @Cgy @Van @Van Etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 This may involve some minor changes, but I like it better than the other proposals listed. Howe Division Red Wings Blackhawks Blues Wild Stars Avalanche Predators Jets Gretzky Division Kings Ducks Oilers Flames Canucks Golden Knights Sharks Kraken Lemieux Division Penguins Flyers Rangers Islanders Devils Capitals Whalers (Hurricanes) Blue Jackets Orr Division Bruins Canadiens Sabres Maple Leafs Lightning Senators Nordiques (Coyotes) Halifax (Panthers) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcaractac 3,961 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, GMRwings1983 said: This may involve some minor changes, but I like it better than the other proposals listed. Howe Division Red Wings Blackhawks Blues Wild Stars Avalanche Predators Jets Gretzky Division Kings Ducks Oilers Flames Canucks Golden Knights Sharks Kraken Lemieux Division Penguins Flyers Rangers Islanders Devils Capitals Whalers (Hurricanes) Blue Jackets Orr Division Bruins Canadiens Sabres Maple Leafs Lightning Senators Nordiques (Coyotes) Halifax (Panthers) Love the division names, but holy hell Halifax could not support an NHL team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neomaxizoomdweebie 3,083 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 Gotta replace Orr with Lidstrom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GMRwings1983 8,793 Report post Posted March 18, 2022 3 hours ago, marcaractac said: Love the division names, but holy hell Halifax could not support an NHL team Fine, we'll move them to Newfoundland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barrie 900 Report post Posted March 20, 2022 I still don't understand what was wrong with 3 divisions in each conference, the division winners having the top 3 seeds, and the 5 best teams after that making the playoffs. It makes for different match ups in the playoffs. I know sometimes the 3rd seed had less points than the 4th seed, but they won their division. With the 4 divisions, the Leafs for example, how many times do we have to see them play Boston in the playoffs? It's over kill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akakabuto 1,745 Report post Posted March 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Barrie said: I still don't understand what was wrong with 3 divisions in each conference, the division winners having the top 3 seeds, and the 5 best teams after that making the playoffs. It makes for different match ups in the playoffs. I know sometimes the 3rd seed had less points than the 4th seed, but they won their division. With the 4 divisions, the Leafs for example, how many times do we have to see them play Boston in the playoffs? It's over kill. How would you split 16 teams into three divisions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jonas Mahonas 1,872 Report post Posted March 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Akakabuto said: How would you split 16 teams into three divisions? thats racist 1 1 Akakabuto and bIueadams reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
