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Originally Posted by $ven27
Really not liking the new alignment for us, hate games against Phoenix/California teams. If Phoenix moves to Seattle it might be tolerable, or if it gets realigned again after the 2013/14 season.
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I love it. Almost double the games against Eastern Conference teams is huge. Exciting hockey with a variety of teams. Plus it's not really much difference for us against the Pacific teams than it is now. In the old format we would play 4 games against those teams. In this new format we play 5 and the odd time only 4.
We basically sacrifice all that divisional play for more games against the East which is great!
Current configuration:
Own Division x 6 = 24 games
Own Conference x 4 = 40 games
Other Conference = 18 games
New Configuration:
Own Division x 5 (or 4 for one team) = 29 games
Own Conference x 3 = 21 games
Other Conference x 2 games each team = 32 games