- Nov 17, 2011
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The NHL would never go away from a 2 conference alignment and go 8 division of 4 teams splitting teams up. They will never split up teams.
I disagree, Tommy. I think, for example, if Arizona is replaced by Seattle AND Houston, that you see:
Pacific: Van, Cgy, Edm, Sea, Ana, LAK, Veg, SJS
Central: Col, Wpg, Min, Chi, StL, Dal, Nas, Hou
with the east as present. And, since that is balanced, then I think you go to a schedule like this:
Home/away with all teams= 62 games.
The other 20 games in your division only.
And, the playoffs are 2 rounds in the division.
And, the Stanley Cup semis are a re-seeded version of the remaining 4 teams.
Literally, this would be 4 conferences. But, NOT 2 divisions in each conference. There is no need for such a divisional split.