NHL Receives Official Bids For Expansion From Las Vegas and Quebec City

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Postby MR25 » Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:35 am

So this makes the conferences 17 for the East and 15 for the West? There is still a discrepancy between the two and that is bologna.
You could just move Detroit back to the West...

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Postby meow » Wed Jul 22, 2015 9:43 am

So this makes the conferences 17 for the East and 15 for the West? There is still a discrepancy between the two and that is bologna.
You could just move Detroit back to the West...
God forbid the NHL do that to Detroit after they threw a hissy fit about getting moved to the East.

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:11 am

I can't imagine a scenario where Detroit is shifted back west...they fought tooth and nail to get out of it, they always have (hell, they even altered the schedule of the 1994 WCQF vs. San Jose)...and for good reason, to be fair...

At least it's better than what the AHL is doing this season...the western teams won't even play the same amount of games as the rest of the league...

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:23 am

They are destroying the AHL by gutting the northeast foundation. What they should do there is what MLB does with the PCL and the IL.

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:32 am

I'm not sure what baseball does in this regard...but the push was from NHL teams to have their affiliates closer. The NHL, if I'm correct, used to have two top affiliate programs back around the big expansion...the AHL and the WHL...they were of fairly similar quality, AIUI...

But yeah, the AHL has some convoluted system this season...curious to see how it all unfolds...it is not well received from what I've seen...the logistics are tough in the minors though...

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Postby MR25 » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:44 am

So this makes the conferences 17 for the East and 15 for the West? There is still a discrepancy between the two and that is bologna.
You could just move Detroit back to the West...
God forbid the NHL do that to Detroit after they threw a hissy fit about getting moved to the East.
That's why they should move em back.

**** Detroit.

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Postby MR25 » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:48 am

Also, I believe the PCL and IL are both separate leagues, but count as "AAA" when you refer to the level of play.

I think what FR is saying is that they should have a 15 team (or whatever) "EAHL" and a 15 team "WAHL" and have them just play amongst themselves instead of whatever the AHL I'd trying to do currently (which I'd guess is what the AHL and WHL did).

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Postby Old Baldy » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:53 am

Any chance the eliminate "East" and "West" but instead go with non-geographicaly based conferences?
Maybe realign the entire league now kind of like the NFL?

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Postby Craig » Wed Jul 22, 2015 10:57 am

travel would be devastating.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:09 am

Also, I believe the PCL and IL are both separate leagues, but count as "AAA" when you refer to the level of play.

I think what FR is saying is that they should have a 15 team (or whatever) "EAHL" and a 15 team "WAHL" and have them just play amongst themselves instead of whatever the AHL I'd trying to do currently (which I'd guess is what the AHL and WHL did).
That is correct.

The PCL and IL are independent "AAA" leagues that are roughly split East/West to reduce travel/expenses, etc...

Which is what they should have done with the AHL rather than uprooting successful AHL teams in the Northeast and put them in California cities.

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:26 am

Same as the WHL/AHL that I referenced back in the day, indeed.

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Postby King Colby » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:27 am

They can't do 17/15 retarded. Someone will need to go west. Maybe florida moves to KC or SEA

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Postby Craig » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:55 am

just deny both bids. Contract arizona nashvill florida carolina ottawa and...montreal.

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Postby mikey » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:59 am

#MakeItFive is unlikely to catch on I feel...

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Postby shmenguin » Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:53 pm

there is no scenario where a 17/15 split is ok.

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Postby Avyran » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:02 pm

Which is why the NHL will do it.

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Postby Nuge » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:49 pm

travel would be devastating.
This word choice made me laugh.

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Postby cadams » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:23 pm

Florida need to move West for this to work.

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