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Though this deserved its own thread. Oilers and Flames moving to Central Division and Avs move to Pacific Division.. Yay or nay??
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Though this deserved its own thread. Oilers and Flames moving to Central Division.... Yay or nay??
Avs would be moving to Pacific according to Dater's tweetnay, 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..
then it makes no senseAvs would be moving to Pacific according to Dater's tweet
Though this deserved its own thread. Oilers and Flames moving to Central Division and Avs move to Pacific Division.. Yay or nay??
That's good. Please close this threadSeravelli said no changes to divisions.
It would make travel even less appealing. This is actually an issue with UFA's.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
Seravelli said no changes to divisions.
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 forthNHL-2028
Pacific. Midwest. East Atlantic
Van. Edm. Mtl. Was
Sea. Cal. Tor. Nyr
SJS Dal. Ott. Nyi
Lak. Wpg. Det. Njd
Ana. Min. Buf. Fla
Vgk. Stl. Cbj. Tbl
Col. Chi. Bos. Car
Uta Hou. Phl Nas
Phx KC. Pit. Atl
It would make travel even less appealing. This is actually an issue with UFA's.
8 pm start vs seeing Minnesota more times. The dilemmaSincerely, 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.
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.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
This is first thing that came to my mind, but honestly how do you leave Vancouver out of a division with Calgary and Edmonton?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.
Easy, they've been the tag along cousin for a while, they can go do it on their own.This is first thing that came to my mind, but honestly how do you leave Vancouver out of a division with Calgary and Edmonton?
I don't mind the Wild now, they play a better brand of hockey than the old days.8 pm start vs seeing Minnesota more times. The dilemma