What if Winnipeg, Quebec, Hartford never moved

[Chootoi]

I wish the NHL was a 21 team league like it used to be

ah the good old days where a 22-55-5 record would still get you into the playoffs. love those sweeps. hardly see the brooms out these days

 

[Squiddy*]

John,

Will there ever again be NHL hockey in Hartford, Conn.?

Matthew Greene
Boston

When Ilya Kovalchuk starts back checking.

 

[AdmiralPred]

ah the good old days where a 22-55-5 record would still get you into the playoffs. love those sweeps. hardly see the brooms out these days

Yeah, that's where having the Nords, Devils, and one of Winnipeg or LA suck so bad in your division really paid off. Heck, just being in the Norris during the 80's pretty much got you in. Win 22 of 80 and think you're taking an early vacation this year! Think again, you'll first need to be humilated during the coarse of one extra week.

EDIT: Of coarse this is only a generalization, please don't post standings for the entire decade.

 

[jamiebez]

Yeah, that's where having the Nords, Devils, and one of Winnipeg or LA suck so bad in your division really paid off. Heck, just being in the Norris during the 80's pretty much got you in. Win 22 of 80 and think you're taking an early vacation this year! Think again, you'll first need to be humilated during the coarse of one extra week.

True dat. This is why St. Louis made the playoffs for 30-odd years straight

Of course, we'll all be making fun of this again when they expand the playoffs to 20 teams and sub-.500 teams (even with shootout losses!) make the playoffs.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Also, keep in mind the Quebec Citadelles were Montreal's affiliate. Die-hard Quebec City hockey fans will never, ever, EVER cheer for anything Hab related.

TU:

Well they must have because the Citadelles lasted 3 years because that's what the ownership had signed, THE FANS preferred the Q team, not because the Canadiens tried, again, even the Q TRIED in Montreal and ran into the same scenario as the Citadelles did, but don't u find it strange that the Canadiens' affiliate is in English Canada instead of Quebec, in fact, the Citadelles are existing today, TU.

 

[jacketracket*]

Of course, we'll all be making fun of this again when they expand the playoffs to 20 teams ...

Hey, I'm a CBJ fan, and I'd love to see them in the playoffs before I keel.

Keep going ...

 

[Mikka The Grey]

WOW .........ifs and buts..........

 

[futurcorerock]

What if the NHL didn't let these WHA teams into the league?

Gretzky would've been drafted by another team..

hmmm...............

 

[go_leafs_go02]

oh..you can't forget that the leafs would have won the cup...no carolina..automatic trip to the 2002 finals..as Detroit wouldn't have played Colorado in the conference final, and thus would have lost to the coyotes instead who would have been a cinderella team and cinderella teams never win in the final. (past examples: Washington, Carolina, Anaheim, Calgary)

 

[futurcorerock]

oh..you can't forget that the leafs would have won the cup...no carolina..automatic trip to the 2002 finals..as Detroit wouldn't have played Colorado in the conference final, and thus would have lost to the coyotes instead who would have been a cinderella team and cinderella teams never win in the final. (past examples: Washington, Carolina, Anaheim, Calgary)

I think there's too many intangibles to add up regarding franchise moves to automatically pencil in the 2002 Maple Leafs as representatives of the Eastern Conference..

The Leafs were outplayed in that series and had a sizeable meltdown.. who's to say they would've done that with Montreal? or Boston? And also consider season standings and player acquisitions... too much to think about .

 

[HansH]

RE: the thread title...

...and what if my aunt had testes? (That's about as useful a question as this one, honestly).

 

[go_leafs_go02]

someone couldn't figure out I wasn't kidding..

just a lame attempt at humour then.

 

[Phousse]

oh..you can't forget that the leafs would have won the cup...no carolina..automatic trip to the 2002 finals..as Detroit wouldn't have played Colorado in the conference final, and thus would have lost to the coyotes instead who would have been a cinderella team and cinderella teams never win in the final. (past examples: Washington, Carolina, Anaheim, Calgary)

Guess what.. The Coyotes moved from Winnepeg.

 

[MuzikMachine]

oh..you can't forget that the leafs would have won the cup...no carolina..automatic trip to the 2002 finals..as Detroit wouldn't have played Colorado in the conference final, and thus would have lost to the coyotes instead who would have been a cinderella team and cinderella teams never win in the final. (past examples: Washington, Carolina, Anaheim, Calgary)

Plus Montreal would have automatically advanced to Eastern Final....Toronto/Montreal Eastern Final

But the Leafs would have probably lost, if not to Carolina, then to someone else. Ah, but if the Whalers wouldn't have moved, it would have been the Whalers run to the 2002 Finals! Too bad for you!

 

[Squiddy*]

Guess what.. The Coyotes moved from Winnepeg.

Winnipeg had a team?

 

[jacketracket*]

Winnipeg had a team?

I just don't "get" you. You honestly seem to take pleasure in other's pain.

Makes you a rare breed, indeed ...

 

[Squiddy*]

I just don't "get" you. You honestly seem to take pleasure in other's pain.

Makes you a rare breed, indeed ...

What the ....

 

[jacketracket*]

What the ....

Exactly.

That's what I find myself saying every time I read a post of yours slagging a Winnipeg, Hartford, etc.

 

[alanschu]

Hey, I'm a CBJ fan, and I'd love to see them in the playoffs before I keel.

Keep going ...

I say just make all teams in the playoffs, with a 32 team bracket (though since we only have 30 teams, the first place team in each conference gets a bye in the first round).

 

[jacketracket*]

I say just make all teams in the playoffs, with a 32 team bracket (though since we only have 30 teams, the first place team in each conference gets a bye in the first round).

The CBJ would still find a way to miss out ...

 

[futurcorerock]

someone couldn't figure out I wasn't kidding..

just a lame attempt at humour then.

You need emoticons to express that on the internet bro, your intent was totally missed.

 

[Rayne*]

The Jets would've remained mediocre, the Nordiques would be the last Canadian team to have won the cup, and the Whalers would've been the Cinderella team of 2002.

 

[Squiddy*]

Exactly.

That's what I find myself saying every time I read a post of yours slagging a Winnipeg, Hartford, etc.

Do you even know why I said that? You clearly don't... Nor do you understand sarcasm.

 

[jacketracket*]

Do you even know why I said that? You clearly don't... Nor do you understand sarcasm.

Better question ... do I even care what you said.

If that's what passes for sarcasm, I've seen about 700 of your posts just dripping with it.

 

[Sens Rule]

Just assume that these 3 teams never moved and no other NHL team moved would Phoenix, Colorado, or Carolina have NHL teams right now? if so which expansion teams would they have taken?
out of Colorado, phoenix, carolina, nashville, columbus, minnesota, and atlanta which of these 4 would have gotten expansion teams?

Colorado, Minnesota, Atlanta and Phoenix