The "Metropolitan" Division???

[The Swedish Flame]

I'm sure we'll get used to this eventually, it'll just take some time.

Glad the Flames isn't in it though!

[csnarpy]

They shoulda just called it the "Eastern"

Idiots....

[Magnum PEI]

since they change the names every few years anyways they should just get corporations to bid for the rights.
Apple division
X-Box division
Coke division
Subway division

[doctajones428]

Originally Posted by csnarpy

They shoulda just called it the "Eastern"

Idiots....

That... Isn't a bad idea

[Justin]

I've just been referring to it as the western division. People have clued in pretty easily as to which one I'm speaking of, and in fact started referring to it as the West themselves.

[WilderPegasus]

Originally Posted by doctajones428

The population of the cities in the Metro division is roughly 20 million. The population of the cities in the rest of the league is roughly 22 million.

The name fits fine

That is wrong.

Columbus - 800,000
Hempstead, NY - 800,000
NYC - 8,500,000
Newark - 300,000
Philly - 1,500,000
Pittsburgh - 300,000
Raleigh - 400,000
Washington, DC - 600,000

That's just over 13 Million and will drop once Hempstead is no longer in the division.

[WilderPegasus]

Originally Posted by csnarpy

They shoulda just called it the "Eastern"

Idiots....

Or the East Division. After all it was never the Northwestern division or the Southeastern Division.

[Regulator75]

For those who were hoping it wasn't legit.

Here's a link.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=678456

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

How about:

Pacific
Midwest
Central
Atlantic

[killer_carlson]

Joy division
Vision division
In division
Metro division


Imagine.....

[Regulator75]

They should have a Cosmopolitan division as well.

Just for the Leafs, Canucks & Oilers.

[Sec218]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

How about:

Pacific
Midwest
Central
Atlantic

I agree, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal are all located in 'Central Canada'.

[normtwofinger]

The divisions should not be named geographically since the teams involved are so spread out. Should be named after people, be it the old names in the 80s or named after other hockey greats.

[GirlySports]

Eastern is a bad word.

[Tyler]

Yeah, let's have the Eastern division in the Eastern conference. Cuz that's not dumb or redundant at all

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by David Struch

Why did they ever get rid of the Campbell Conference.. Norris, Smythe Divisions and Prince of Wales Conference..Adams, Patrick Divisions?

IIRC, it had something to do with Bettman & Co. believing that regional names for divisions would make it easy for the "new" sunbelt fans to relate to.

[Jets4Life]

They should name the divisons after disgraced Canadian ex-role models.

The Ben Johnson Division
The Steve Fonyo Division
The Chris Benoit Division
The Bobby Hull Division

[browna]

Originally Posted by Jets4Life

IIRC, it had something to do with Bettman & Co. believing that regional names for divisions would make it easy for the "new" sunbelt fans to relate to.

Also went from 4 divisions to 6, so changes had to be made regardless.

Also, the Flames, in their 5 years previously in the Pacific Divsion, won it twice, and made the playoffs one other year.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by WilderPegasus

And Atlantic does when only two teams in the division are near the Atlantic coast?

If the criteria of naming a division is that you only need two teams relevant to the name of the division, why not call it the Welfare Division, or the Life Support Division? In fact the Equalisation Payment Division would be more appropriate - that way you'd know which two teams led to the cluster#### that this truly is.

[PeteLFan]

Who cares we are in the pacific division now and that's what matters.

I don't watch games and go hey today is a metropolitan division game. Only time it comes into play is when the ridiculous playoff format starts. That's the big issue. Same teams playing each other 12 times a year will get real boring real fast.