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Originally Posted by troutman

I played with this alignment a few years ago:


Upper Canada: Mtl, Ott, Que, Tor, Ham

Rust Belt: Buff, Cle, Cbj, Was, Pit

Atlantic: Nyi, Nj, Nyr, Phi, Bos

Great Lakes: Mil, Min, Chi, Stl, Det

North West: Win, Cgy, Edm, Van, Col

South West: Kc, Sj, Dal, La, Lv

I would argue that teams in Cleveland, KC and Las Vegas would suffer from less support than in Anaheim, Raleigh, and Nashville. But geographically, it looks nice. It eliminates that pesky problem of putting Florida teams in the same division as teams from Quebec and Ontario.