Around the League Thread | Meaningful Games in March

[StreetHawk]

God please not

I don't see how that makes sense to set it up as:
Van, Sea, SJ, Ana, LA, LV, SLC, Col
then
Edm, Cal, Win, Min, Chi, Nas, Stl, Dal

Adding SLC/Col really helps out the Cali teams and LV. Not a benefit to Sea/Van

the Central time zone teams probably not keen on swapping SLC/COL for the alberta teams, especially Dal, STL, Nas. Min, Win, maybe Chi not as bad, but american teams prefer american based teams.

 

[Petey O]

God please not

Colorado is more central than Alberta. Would be a ridiculously dumb move and also take away two natural rivals from the Canucks' division. Stupid.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Not to mention we’re already the highest travelling team in the league. Playing Colorado and SLC 4 times a year would be ridiculously stupid. Especially since it takes 3 hours to California and Nevada already despite being in the same f***ing time zone.

 

[credulous]

I don't see how that makes sense to set it up as:
Van, Sea, SJ, Ana, LA, LV, SLC, Col
then
Edm, Cal, Win, Min, Chi, Nas, Stl, Dal

Adding SLC/Col really helps out the Cali teams and LV. Not a benefit to Sea/Van

the Central time zone teams probably not keen on swapping SLC/COL for the alberta teams, especially Dal, STL, Nas. Min, Win, maybe Chi not as bad, but american teams prefer american based teams.

you want slc and denver in the same division though. there aren't really any other swaps that make sense. you can't break up the california teams, vancouver/seattle or calgary/edmonton. about all you could do is move winnipeg to the pacific or vegas to the central but both of those are objectively terrible for those teams

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Take 2 teams out of the Pacific Division that are in the Pacific Timezone to add a team from a different timezone. Uh huh.

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

Jfc what a shitshow.

 

[arttk]

God please not

Yeah f*** that

 

[AwesomeInTheory]

God please not

It's Adrian Dater so I hope there is literally nothing to this.

 

[vancityluongo]

you want slc and denver in the same division though. there aren't really any other swaps that make sense. you can't break up the california teams, vancouver/seattle or calgary/edmonton. about all you could do is move winnipeg to the pacific or vegas to the central but both of those are objectively terrible for those teams

they already are?

 

[Vector]

you want slc and denver in the same division though. there aren't really any other swaps that make sense. you can't break up the california teams, vancouver/seattle or calgary/edmonton. about all you could do is move winnipeg to the pacific or vegas to the central but both of those are objectively terrible for those teams

As already pointed out, the Coyotes are already in the same division as the Avalanche. No changes need to be made.

 

[Nucker101]

Not buying that, especially from that source.

 

[StreetHawk]

As already pointed out, the Coyotes are already in the same division as the Avalanche. No changes need to be made.

Will always be winner/losers when it comes to divisional alignment. Assuming Houston, ATL, AZ get another team and 1 more, that last one would have a major impact. If it's POR/SD you can have a West cost alignment with Sea, Van, LA, Sj, Ana and that one. If not, then some team isn't going to be happy.

If it's say QC, or KC as team 4, how do you handle the PST/MST teams of Van, Sea, SJ, Ana, LA, SLC, Col, LV, AZ Edm, Cal in a 6 by 6 setup? There's only 11 teams. So, 1 CST team would have to join them to get to 12 teams and 2 divisions.

That could be StL or Win as team 12.

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

League hates Vancouver.

More at 11.

 

[Vector]

Will always be winner/losers when it comes to divisional alignment. Assuming Houston, ATL, AZ get another team and 1 more, that last one would have a major impact. If it's POR/SD you can have a West cost alignment with Sea, Van, LA, Sj, Ana and that one. If not, then some team isn't going to be happy.

If it's say QC, or KC as team 4, how do you handle the PST/MST teams of Van, Sea, SJ, Ana, LA, SLC, Col, LV, AZ Edm, Cal in a 6 by 6 setup? There's only 11 teams. So, 1 CST team would have to join them to get to 12 teams and 2 divisions.

That could be StL or Win as team 12.

Once they expand out to a 34 team league it's going to get weird due to the unevenness of the divisions but for this specific change, nothing needs to be done.

 

[StreetHawk]

Once they expand out to a 34 team league it's going to get weird due to the unevenness of the divisions but for this specific change, nothing needs to be done.

Eventually seems like 36 will be the target. But long time before then.

 

[Nucker101]

Eventually seems like 36 will be the target. But long time before then.

Really hoping Portland gets a team if we get to 36

 

[Vector]

Really hoping Portland gets a team if we get to 36

My Dad keeps saying the same thing. The Trailblazers former owner, Paul Allen, was resolutely against an NHL team . He passed away in 2018 and his sister owns everything now. No word on if her stance has changed or has any interest.

BRING BACK THE ROSEBUDS

 

[StreetHawk]

My Dad keeps saying the same thing. The Trailblazers former owner, Paul Allen, was resolutely against an NHL team . He passed away in 2018 and his sister owns everything now. No word on if her stance has changed or has any interest.

BRING BACK THE ROSEBUDS

I doubt Jody Allen would bring an NHL team to Portland. She's been a part of Vulcan sports for a while. She seems more likely to sell the Blazers than add to the sports portfolio.

I think Portland only lands one of MLB or NHL. And like all possibly locations, with an existing NBA team, it's down to the NBA owner wanting a team or not.

Unless you privately or via another county build another arena in that other county since it makes little sense for a city to greenlight another arena, especially if they have skin in the game of a current one.

 

[vancityluongo]

Will always be winner/losers when it comes to divisional alignment. Assuming Houston, ATL, AZ get another team and 1 more, that last one would have a major impact. If it's POR/SD you can have a West cost alignment with Sea, Van, LA, Sj, Ana and that one. If not, then some team isn't going to be happy.

If it's say QC, or KC as team 4, how do you handle the PST/MST teams of Van, Sea, SJ, Ana, LA, SLC, Col, LV, AZ Edm, Cal in a 6 by 6 setup? There's only 11 teams. So, 1 CST team would have to join them to get to 12 teams and 2 divisions.

That could be StL or Win as team 12.

36 in a 6x6 set-up with QC:

northwest:
van, sea, edm, cgy, col, wpg

southwest:
la, ana, sj, vgk, phx, slc

midwest:
min, chi, stl, cbj, det, nsh

south:
dal, hou, tbl, fla, car, atl

northeast:
tor, mtl, ott, buf, bos, qc

atlantic:
pit, phi, wsh, nyr, nyi, njd

go back to the old geographical / travel minimizing alignments rather than just on time zone

 

[canuckking1]

Like clockwork

 

[LemonSauceD]

Not to take away 70 goals or 100 assists from certain guys around the league but Hughes hitting 80 assists would be much more of an impressive feat being that only 3 other defenseman have ever hit 80 or more assists, 10 times. Frustrates me nobody talks about this.

Hughes will never get the respect he deserves. He is a top 5 player in the league, I don’t care what anyone says.

 

[JT Milker]

70 goals would impress me more, I was genuinely expecting to never see it again.

 

[wonton15]

Whoever plays Vegas should just send 3 guys to cross check Stone in the spleen

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Like clockwork

Must be that new spleen replacement surgery no one hears about.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Just how low can this ship sink