DInTheB
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I think Vancouver will top that list sooner rather than later.So there's 7 teams in Canadian Division?
1. Toronto
2. Winnipeg
3. Edmonton
4. Vancouver
5. Calgary
6. Montreal
7. Ottawa
Did put them on "contender" order.
I think Vancouver will top that list sooner rather than later.
unless they forego the current structure & do it based solely on points/%.Not really fair, nearly 60% of Canadian teams will make the playoffs, vs 50% of American teams. There should be less Canadian teams in the the playoffs not more.
The conversation this spun out of also guessed that it would be a tentative and temporary structure for only part of the season. Something like 25 games, then reevaluate based on case numbers, vaccine progress, etc.Not really fair, nearly 60% of Canadian teams will make the playoffs, vs 50% of American teams. There should be less Canadian teams in the the playoffs not more.
This was inevitable after baseball did the same thing.
What realignment did baseball do, other than Toronto having to play their home games in Buffalo?
Divisions were combined with AL and NL teams based solely on geography.
Are you sure? When I look at the standings on TSN and Wikipedia, they have the same divisions as always.
Isn't Minnesota basically in Canada?
Maybe 4 divisions of 6 for the 24 US teams? These are based on geography only and not competitive balance.
SJ/LA/Anaheim/Phoenix/Colorado/Vegas
Dallas/Nashville/Tampa/Florida/Carolina/Washington
Minnesota/Chicago/St. Louis/Detroit/Columbus/Buffalo
Pittsburgh/Philadelphia/Boston/Rangers/Islanders/New Jersey
For the playoffs, top 3 from each US division and top 4 from the Canada division
So the division names would be East, Central, West, and Polite?IMO, the easiest for them would be to keep the current 4 division format, but have all 7 Canadian teams in one, and split the 24 US teams into 3 groups of 8.
They could nix conferences and wild cards for a year and have a 2 round divisional playoff to get to one team from each division, then a two round 1v4/2v3 final with the division winners. That way if it's still necessary, they only have to do a "bubble" (and probably just one) when they get to the last two rounds, which would have players there for 2 weeks to a month at most.