04-12-2024, 07:52 PM
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#301
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Originally Posted by dammage79
Well, I guess we should prepare for the Central division. Gonna be tough to crack that playoff nut.
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I hope not. If it’s only temporary it helps our tanking as we might get clobbered into last place.
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04-12-2024, 07:55 PM
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#302
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
I hope not. If it’s only temporary it helps our tanking as we might get clobbered into last place.
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From the rumors it sounds like this is gonna happen once the totes go to Utah.
Times like these the reports are more about mild statement release than about pure speculation.
IMO, this whole thing has been mapped out for a year already.
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04-12-2024, 08:02 PM
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#303
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Originally Posted by dammage79
Well, I guess we should prepare for the Central division. Gonna be tough to crack that playoff nut.
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Where was this reported? Also it would be incredibly dumb to split up one of the biggest rivalries in the NHL across divisions. It’s honestly hard to imagine the Flames and Oilers not being in the same division. Every good needs their no good counterpart. Wing and Wang.
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04-12-2024, 08:04 PM
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#304
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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I believe dissentowner's rumour had the Oilers and the Flames both joining the Central
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04-12-2024, 08:05 PM
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#305
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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Where was this reported? Also it would be incredibly dumb to split up one of the biggest rivalries in the NHL across divisions. It’s honestly hard to imagine the Flames and Oilers not being in the same division. Every good needs their no good counterpart. Wing and Wang.
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Sounds like it’s calgary and Edmonton to the central and Colorado and Utah to the pacific. Makes zero sense.
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04-12-2024, 08:09 PM
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#306
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
From what I understand, the NHL Board of Governors don't meet officially until June, so a Zoom call in the interim is needed to okay the relocation. Has that happened yet?
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Everything about this has happened with the league’s blessing.
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04-12-2024, 08:12 PM
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#307
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
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Ahh #### that sucks but makes some sense. Also that’s gonna be ####ty for flames and oilers players travel times. Anyways I missed that part so I’m probably re hashing old discussion.
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04-12-2024, 08:17 PM
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#308
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About damn time.
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04-12-2024, 08:19 PM
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#309
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Lifetime Suspension
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Makes perfect sense. The Flames and Wild rivalry is back! Flames and Blues playoff battles are back.
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04-12-2024, 08:20 PM
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#310
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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Calgary and Dallas in the same division is the dumbest thing ever. Look at the distance.
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04-12-2024, 08:22 PM
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#311
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All I can get
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A Houston expansion team would go in the Central.
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04-12-2024, 08:24 PM
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#312
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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04-12-2024, 08:30 PM
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#313
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Originally Posted by Ped
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Latter Day Skates, assemble!!!
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04-12-2024, 08:40 PM
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All I can get
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Expecting the Utah management to be quite aggressive in the Free Agent/Trade market this offseason.
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04-12-2024, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by FBI
Calgary and Dallas in the same division is the dumbest thing ever. Look at the distance.
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Even further to Nashville. Nashville is slightly further away from Calgary as Toronto is.
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04-12-2024, 09:04 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Dec 2022
Location: Park Ave SW
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Hopefully, the experiment in Phoenix is done for good. It would be disappointing to see them get another opportunity with an expansion team.
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04-12-2024, 09:17 PM
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#318
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Will Utah fans see playoffs before us? Am jealous already.
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04-12-2024, 09:20 PM
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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I think it would be great to see Phoenix get an expansion team in partnership with the Suns. I think with actual competent ownership and a building downtown, it'd be a smash hit. Just not for a while — 7-8 years, I think.
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04-12-2024, 09:20 PM
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#320
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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The realignment rumour doesn't really make any sense.
Phoenix and SLC are basically equally as far west as each other. SLC and Denver are both still east of Edmonton and Calgary, so this move doesn't really change the status quo.
If anything, Arizona being in the Pacific made more sense than Utah would. Phoenix is much closer to the SoCal teams and are on the same time as the Pacific for the first and last months of the season (plus all the playoffs -- although, that hasn't been an issue in recent years).
From the perspective of the rest of the league:
It shouldn't make any difference to the Eastern Conference teams since they'll still play every Western team once at home and once on the road.
I'd think Vancouver and Winnipeg would both prefer the Canadian teams in their Division for slightly easier travel and as a better draw for ticket sales when those teams are in town.
The other US teams in each Division would likely prefer SLC and Colorado in their Division for the easier travel for one less cross-border trip during the season. Although, even then, it likely isn't any fewer border crossings.
For the California teams, instead of doing two trips each season where they play Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary on the same trip, they'll have one trip where they play all three teams, and then another trip where they just play Vancouver. With the current schedule, they'll play two road games in Alberta every other season anyway.
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