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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
There is no reason to think or expect that the NHL would move to a longer schedule. The Eastern Conference is already formulated aroung 16 teams/2x8 team divisions. Expansion would even it out in the West.
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Wrong.
Let's keep the Eastern Conference (EC) vs EC game as is now. Simply by adding 2 more teams to the WC (Seattle, Las Vegas lets say), EC teams will have the same number of games vs other EC teams, plus 4 more games against WC teams. That makes 86 games.
To prove my point further, lets look at a few scenarios:
5 games vs your Div = 5*7 = 35
3 games vs the other Div = 3*8 = 24
2 games vs the other Conf = 2*16 = 32
Total = 91 games
4 games vs your Div = 4*7 = 28
3 games vs the other Div = 3*8 = 24
2 games vs the other Conf = 2*16 = 32
Total = 84 games
5 games vs your Div = 5*7 = 35
2 games vs the other Div = 2*8 = 16
2 games vs the other Conf = 2*16 = 32
Total = 83 games
All totals over 82 games.