NHL Conference Realignment - Page 15 - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Erick Estrada · 03-14-2013, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

Yeah, whats the deal with Florida and Tampa there? That seems weird.

Maybe because a lot of Canadians are in Florida and it may help attendance to have the Leafs and Habs visit multitple times a season. Just a guess because geographically it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Erick Estrada · 03-14-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Flames are 4-8-1 against their new divisional opponents this season.

...and 0-5-1 on the road, being out scored 25-6 in the process.

That's a one sided beat down if I ever saw one.

Going to have to figure out to play hockey on the coast, and the desert or this new divisional alignment is going to be painful for us.

All the more reason to rebuild as this current core of Flames have really struggled against the Pacific division over the years for whatever reason. It's going to suck to have to see more Coyotes and Ducks games.

Rhettzky · 03-14-2013, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

I'm also a big fan of every team playing each other at least twice. Which means every NHL team will play in Calgary next year.

Yeah, me too. This is going to make splitting up season tickets a whole lot more interesting and not just a game of avoiding the jackets and wild.

$ven27 · 03-14-2013, 01:30 PM

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.

jroc · 03-14-2013, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by $ven27

If Phoenix moves to Seattle it might be tolerable, or if it gets realigned again after the 2013/14 season.

Wouldn't it just be the same boring hockey team, just with new jerseys?

Rhettzky · 03-14-2013, 01:49 PM

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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.

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

$ven27 · 03-14-2013, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by jroc

Wouldn't it just be the same boring hockey team, just with new jerseys?

True..Crap.

$ven27 · 03-14-2013, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhettzky

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

Hm, never realized that. Nice research Rhettzky

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St. Pats · 03-14-2013, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jroc

Wouldn't it just be the same boring hockey team, just with new jerseys?

You mean the Flames are getting new jerseys?

calumniate · 03-14-2013, 02:13 PM

Looks like the Flames made division A! Superb

_Q_ · 03-14-2013, 03:01 PM

So I'm thinking of how the future will look with 32 teams in the league (this realignment seems to be pointing in that direction). My idea is to have 4 divisions in each conference. Best two teams in each division play in a divisional playoff and then the winner of the divisional championships are re-seeded according to standings. Finals are winner of West vs. Winner of East.

As for the season breakdown it would look something like this:

Divisional play - 4 games against 3 teams:
4 x 3 = 12 games

Non Divisional conference play - 3 games against 12 teams:
3 x 12 = 36

Out of Conference play - 2 games against 16 teams:
2 x 16 = 32

Total = 80 games

If they want to keep an 82 game schedule, they can play an extra 2 games within the division. So 4 games against one opponent and 5 games against 2 opponents.

doctajones428 · 03-14-2013, 06:23 PM

I don't mind this new realignment but... I would of swapped Tampa and Florida with the Rangers and the Islanders

Though division D... the amount of different rivalries in it, it's going to be damn good hockey to watch

doctajones428 · 03-14-2013, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by St. Pats

You mean the Flames are getting new jerseys?

Sarcasm...?

If Phoenix moves to Seattle, I'm sure they will have new jerseys

$ven27 · 03-14-2013, 06:26 PM

I think it was a joke ^

hwy19man · 03-14-2013, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhettzky

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

The big sacrifice is all the conference play (inter-division) for the increase in games against the eastern teams.

Rhettzky · 03-14-2013, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by hwy19man

The big sacrifice is all the conference play (inter-division) for the increase in games against the eastern teams.

It works out to 3 less games against the wild. So I'm pretty damn happy!

Mathgod · 03-15-2013, 01:37 AM

As it stands:

Western conference - 8 out of 14 teams make the playoffs = 57%

Eastern conference - 8 out of 16 teams make the playoffs = 50%

If you ask me, the wild card spots should be league-wide to make it fairer.

Tsawwassen · 03-15-2013, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhettzky

It works out to 3 less games against the wild. So I'm pretty damn happy!

That's a good point. We also get 3 less games against the Avs which is good too and 1 or 2 less games against the Canucks and Oilers which I don't mind either. The bummer is less games against Detroit and Chicago. I still don't like realignment, the division based scheduling and playoffs are terrible to have. The wildcard crossover is too limited. I've heard that the top 2 in each div followed by the next best 4 teams in each conf would be fairer as there is usually a weaker div.

nmhen · 03-15-2013, 08:25 AM

I"m sure you're all going to miss the extra games against the Wild....

For what it's worth, I'm going to miss the extra games vs. the Flames.

Fire · 03-15-2013, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Mathgod

As it stands:

Western conference - 8 out of 14 teams make the playoffs = 57%

Eastern conference - 8 out of 16 teams make the playoffs = 50%

If you ask me, the wild card spots should be league-wide to make it fairer.

Yes I agree it's pretty stupid for the NHL to have uneven conferences, but since the Flames have the 57% chance I won't complain much.