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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I'd look for the NHL to go ahead with their re-alignment into 7 and 8 team divisions sorted by time zones. All the west coast teams along with the Alberta teams in one division. Maybe one team from the CTZ moving to the coastal division with Winnipeg drawing the short straw. This will allow for two expansion teams to join the East.
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Actually, the West aligns quite nicely:
Pacific: LA, Anaheim, San Jose, Seattle, Vancouver, Colorado, Calgary, Edmonton
Central: Winnipeg, Detroit, Dallas, Minnesota, Columbus, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville
We just get screwed on relative odds of making the playoffs vis a vis the East until the NHL moves to 32 teams.
The NHL pretty much telegraphed all of this with its realignment plans.