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					Originally Posted by dying4acup  I favor an 8 division format.
 Northwest
 Calgary
 Edmonton
 Winnipeg Seattle
 Vancouver
 
 Pacific
 LA
 Anaheim
 San Jose
 Seattle Vegas
 
 Southwest
 Dallas
 Phoenix (Houston)
 Vegas Colorado
 Nashville St. Louis
 
 Central
 Minnesota
 Chicago
 St Louis Winnipeg
 Colorado Detroit
 
 Northeast
 Toronto
 Montreal
 Ottawa
 Buffalo (or Quebec City if Florida moves)
 
 Metropolitan
 NY Rangers
 NY Islanders
 New Jersey
 Philadelphia Boston
 
 Southeast
 Florida
 Tampa
 Carolina
 Washington Nashville
 
 Atlantic
 Pittsburgh
 Detroit Washington
 Columbus
 Boston Philadelphia
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I'd say this is probably best for travel, though definitely tough to clump which Eastern team goes into which division because they're all so tightly packed.
Short of the Colorado, Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis, getting shafted for intra division travel time, everyone else is fairly equal.