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Old 02-14-2013, 06:07 AM   #67
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Originally Posted by mrkajz44 View Post
This is the exact reason for the re-alignment. Check out the conferences again:

Conference A - Pacific and Mountain time zone
Conference B - Central time zone
Conference C - Eastern time zone
Conference D - Eastern time zone

I suppose that would give some room for shuffle in C and D based on location, but it is really all about the time zones. The NHL wants to avoid teams in the eastern time zone playing games that would start at 9 or 10 EST.
The problem with that is Pacific and Mountain owners won't like that set up. Why should they be the only division to have 2 timezones? Have some Mountain and Central or Central and Eastern.
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