Possible Division Realignment?
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CantHaveTkachev
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nay, although the Central would have 3 teams in the Mountain time zone (Edmonton, Calgary, Colorado)
but 2 teams would have to move from the Central if 2 teams are moving from the Pacific..
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Avs would be moving to Pacific according to Dater's tweet
CantHaveTkachev
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Jimmi McJenkins
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Sincerely, I would LOVE the Oilers moving to the central. Seeing different teams more often and MANY LESS 8 and 8:30 starts would be amazing.
OilerTyler
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Yay:
- McDavid and Bedard in same division
- less Nucklehead fans in our life
Nay:
- having said that.. I like the rivalry we have with the Canucks.. and the rivalries we've created with Vegas and LA. Would be kind of a shame to leave that
- McDavid and Bedard in same division
- less Nucklehead fans in our life
Nay:
- having said that.. I like the rivalry we have with the Canucks.. and the rivalries we've created with Vegas and LA. Would be kind of a shame to leave that
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TopShelfGloveSide
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Mr Positive
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I like it. The Oilers lose the Canucks but gain the Jets
But really, does it matter much? It's not like teams play divisional opponents as much as they did in the past.
The big effect will be playoffs. If it means getting a change, that will be awesome, instead of playing LA and Vegas all the time
But really, does it matter much? It's not like teams play divisional opponents as much as they did in the past.
The big effect will be playoffs. If it means getting a change, that will be awesome, instead of playing LA and Vegas all the time
Seravelli said no changes to divisions.
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Fourier
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It would make travel even less appealing. This is actually an issue with UFA's.
FlameChampion
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Probably would be no change next year but could be in following years. I wouldn’t mind being in the Central
Jimmi McJenkins
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With that many teams, this league is going to have to have 2 levels. 20 teams in the top NHL and 16 teams in the lower NHL, with 4 teams a year swapping back and forth
Rpenny
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people are just tossing stuff against the wall at this point in time. My guess someone look at a Map a figured that The Salt Lake City Gulls (2pts and a pilsner if you remember them) and think SLC wants be in the same division as LA, Sj and Seattle. When I look at a map and this move? It adds more milage onto our travel
bucks_oil
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Do you mean destinations? I would think the actual travel time would decrease significantly. Plus I bet lots of players would trade Nashville (music) for Vegas (debauchery) and don't have much time to hit beaches in California anyway... no?
Anyway, selfishly I'm a strong YAY! It would be awesome to have more 8PM ET games available to me when they travel to WPG, CHI, NSH, STL, MIN
8 pm start vs seeing Minnesota more times. The dilemma
One less team in a sunny, warm place all year round is probably good for the oilers in terms of attracting players.
Fourier
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I am not sure how travel times would decrease. The cities in the Central Division are further away in general and further apart from one another. The latter is a factor since the Oilers often play the three California teams in one road trip. Plus flying east has a bigger jetlag impact. They could mitigate this to degree by having longer road trips with more games vs the teams in the east thrown in, but that also has its downsides.
As far as the earlier games are concerned, I certainly hear you. 10:00 PM start times are a bear for an old guy.
joestevens29
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This is first thing that came to my mind, but honestly how do you leave Vancouver out of a division with Calgary and Edmonton?
russ99
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I'd much prefer a north - south split.
Northwest (Smythe) - SEA, VAN, EDM, CGY, WIN, MIN, CHI, STL
Southwest (Bettman)- SJ, LA, ANA, VEG, SLC, COL, DAL, NSH
For road games:
Seattle-Vancouver, Edmonton - Calgary, Winnipeg - Minnesota, St. Louis - Chicago are easy scheduling pairs. As is the California teams, Vegas, SLC and Denver.
Nashville is the real outlier, would be great if they could swap conferences for Detroit and Nashville but the Red Wings would never go for it.
Northwest (Smythe) - SEA, VAN, EDM, CGY, WIN, MIN, CHI, STL
Southwest (Bettman)- SJ, LA, ANA, VEG, SLC, COL, DAL, NSH
For road games:
Seattle-Vancouver, Edmonton - Calgary, Winnipeg - Minnesota, St. Louis - Chicago are easy scheduling pairs. As is the California teams, Vegas, SLC and Denver.
Nashville is the real outlier, would be great if they could swap conferences for Detroit and Nashville but the Red Wings would never go for it.
Jimmi McJenkins
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Easy, they've been the tag along cousin for a while, they can go do it on their own.
I don't mind the Wild now, they play a better brand of hockey than the old days.
And, frankly, more Eastern exposure for McDrai (and everyone else) would be great for the franchise, imo.
KeithIsActuallyBad
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The second best thing to happen to the Oilers during the DoD was getting out of Minnesotas division. I don’t want to see that team more.
