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Originally Posted by dino7c
Toronto used to be in the West until the late 90s...as were the Wings into the 2000s
Hence all the Avs/Wings western final wars
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I've heard that putting Toronto in the West (the Campbell Conference at that time) was Harold Ballard's idea. He wanted to be in the old Norris Division because there were so many bad teams there, and it was easier to make the playoffs. He could be as cheap as he liked, put together a 60-point team, and still get playoff revenue more often than not.
For those too young to remember, there were years when the
first-place team in the Norris Division had a .500 record. We used to call it the ‘Snore-is’ Division because the hockey was such a bore.