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Old 07-19-2013, 05:23 PM   #81
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Well the Leafs are only on HNIC every single Saturday this year.
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Old 07-19-2013, 05:23 PM   #82
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Imagining a division full of not-so-manly men, preoccupied with their hair, nails and fashion and drinking frou-frou beverages...wrong metro?
NVM
Edit: Glen Metropolit joke already made in this thread
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Old 07-19-2013, 05:28 PM   #83
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metropolitan...

cosmopolitan...

neapolitan...

crap.
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Old 07-19-2013, 05:30 PM   #84
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I hate this new division format garbage. Ruins the playoff formatting and will make it boring.
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Old 07-19-2013, 05:52 PM   #85
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Only 1 Minnesota game? But what will they show to insomniacs who don't respond to heavy drug therapy?

And Metropolitan could be the stupidest division name in pro sports. Seriously, this is the best Bettman and company could come up with? Why not honor some legends of the game? I for one would be all for the Howe, Orr, Richard and Hull divisions.

The excuse that they need to be geographic for idiot American fans to know where the teams are is foolhardy. Let's introduce some history of the game, and change the names every generation or so. In 10 years, rename them the Lemieux, Yzerman, Gretzky and Brodeur. Then 10 years after that Crosby, blah, blah, blah.
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Old 07-19-2013, 06:00 PM   #86
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Lol that's even worse then what it already is.

No sport has divisions named after players.

The only dumb thing is the metropolitan division which is a pretty odd name. Seems like a division for men who wear capris and drink Smirnoff ice.
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Old 07-19-2013, 06:17 PM   #87
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Metropolitan? That name sucks.
I can live with the "Metro" division. I think that's what they'll end up calling it anyways -- can't see people spewing out Met-ro-pol-i-tan every single time.
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Old 07-19-2013, 06:24 PM   #88
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Metropolitan? That name sucks.
I'm sure they will shorten it to Metro, which wouldn't be bad
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Old 07-19-2013, 06:56 PM   #89
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I hate this new division format garbage. Ruins the playoff formatting and will make it boring.
How exactly does it make the game more boring? Unless you mean it makes the races to make the playoffs more boring, but those are always exciting pretty much regardless of the format IMO
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Old 07-19-2013, 07:10 PM   #90
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I hate this new division format garbage. Ruins the playoff formatting and will make it boring.
Agreed, it's too convuluted now...it's worst case...just brutal.

Either go divisional or conference playoffs, this is just a bunch of crap.

The NHL keeps doing embarrassing things, frankly...first, some games are worth 50% more points than other games... Now, this mess of a playoff scenario...I find it mildly frustrating.
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Old 07-19-2013, 07:27 PM   #91
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I'm sure once the division are balanced in the future that they'll do divisional playoffs and have the winners in a final four.
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Nice! Season opener for me!
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Old 07-20-2013, 03:53 AM   #93
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metropolitan...

cosmopolitan...

neapolitan...

crap.
I think you're onto something. The Eastern Conference has three layers now, with the whatchamapolitans in the middle. Scoop out that layer and you have the Neapolitan Division.

'Marge! We need more chocolate/vanilla/strawberry ice cream!'
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Old 07-20-2013, 02:34 PM   #94
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Lots of Friday night home games. My liver hurts already!
As a new STH, I agree!
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Old 07-20-2013, 04:34 PM   #95
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Not sure if anyone else mentioned this but I thought the Flames and Oilers division should have been the Smythe Division, Hawks and Blues should have been the Norris, Pens and Flyers the Patrick Division and Habs and Bruins the Adams. I thought that was obvious myself but the current NHL doesn't care about the past anymore I guess.
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Old 07-20-2013, 06:19 PM   #96
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Not sure if anyone else mentioned this but I thought the Flames and Oilers division should have been the Smythe Division, Hawks and Blues should have been the Norris, Pens and Flyers the Patrick Division and Habs and Bruins the Adams. I thought that was obvious myself but the current NHL doesn't care about the past anymore I guess.
Table 5's been mentioning it every relevant thread since 2001.
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Not sure if anyone else mentioned this but I thought the Flames and Oilers division should have been the Smythe Division, Hawks and Blues should have been the Norris, Pens and Flyers the Patrick Division and Habs and Bruins the Adams. I thought that was obvious myself but the current NHL doesn't care about the past anymore I guess.
By your definition I don't care about the past either.
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Old 07-21-2013, 12:25 PM   #98
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So here's something to think about:

Will the teams that win the division in the playoffs or the regular season be proclaimed division champs now?
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Old 07-21-2013, 12:45 PM   #99
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8:00 PM weekday games are hard on this old guy. If you see me power-napping between the second and third, wake me for puck drop.
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