NHL '10 - '11 Thread - Page 133

gpugliese · 06-23-2011, 03:31 PM

Flyers just uh, well, let's just say Holmgren fell off his rocker?

Bruins Fan · 06-23-2011, 05:02 PM

Bruins will open the season against the Flyers,to bad would love to have been Montreal having to watch them raise the banner

taltos · 06-23-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan

Bruins will open the season against the Flyers,to bad would love to have been Montreal having to watch them raise the banner

Or Vancouver.

icehog3 · 06-23-2011, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gpugliese

Flyers just uh, well, let's just say Holmgren fell off his rocker?

That was some crazy chit today.

icehog3 · 06-23-2011, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

That was some crazy chit today.

Clearing space for Bryz, $51 over 9 years.

He may be a good goalie, but I think Philly gave away way too much to clear the space.

mosesbotbol · 06-23-2011, 07:47 PM

I heard the Bruins are 8-1 odds on winning the Cup next year.

Bunker · 06-23-2011, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bruins Fan

Bruins will open the season against the Flyers,to bad would love to have been Montreal having to watch them raise the banner

I was hoping for the Habs too, but Philly isn't a bad replacement and TB is game #2

GreekGodX · 06-24-2011, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Clearing space for Bryz, $51 over 9 years.

He may be a good goalie, but I think Philly gave away way too much to clear the space.

I completely agree, Carter and Richards gone and they don't get much in return leaves me scratching my head. Bryzgolav is a good goalie but I thought they had their goalie of the future in Boborovsky. He played awful in the playoffs but give the guy a break he is 23 and was a rookie. I don't see how they improved overall in the deal.

Bruins Fan · 06-24-2011, 07:37 AM

Flyers not only give up two pretty good players,but also leadership,it will be interesting how this plays out

Eleven · 06-24-2011, 09:37 AM

I blame Chris Pronger.

357 · 06-24-2011, 12:46 PM

Major realignment coming for 2012-13 season?

2 Conferences (15 teams each)
4 Divisions the Pacific, Midwest, East and South. (two with 8, two with 7) home-and-home against teams outside their division and top 4 from each division are in the playoffs.

Including Detroit and Columbus moving EAST!

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/stor...2ef7b2662ee2e8

357 · 06-24-2011, 01:14 PM

Eastern Conference:

Eastern Division:
Boston
Buffalo
Detroit
Montreal
NY Rangers
NY Islanders
Toronto
Ottawa

Southern Division:
Carolina
Florida
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay
Washington

Western Conference

Mid-West Division:
Chicago
Colorado
Columbus
Dallas
Minnesota
Nashville
St. Louis

Pacific Division:
Anaheim
Calgary
Edmonton
Los Angeles
Phoenix
San Jose
Vancouver
Winnipeg

I didn't know how they planned to move both Detroit and Columbus east, but if only Detroit goes, I think this will be how it shakes out.

gpugliese · 06-24-2011, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 357

Major realignment coming for 2012-13 season?

2 Conferences (15 teams each)
4 Divisions the Pacific, Midwest, East and South. (two with 8, two with 7) home-and-home against teams outside their division and top 4 from each division are in the playoffs.

Including Detroit and Columbus moving EAST!

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/stor...2ef7b2662ee2e8

Re-alignment issues aside, I'm curious how they will justify the 7 division teams having a better shot of making it into the top 4 than the 8 division teams.

Why not just take the top 2 or top 3 from each division and have the remaining 4 or 2 spots be "wild cards" for the remaining best records within the conference?

yourchoice · 06-24-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gpugliese

Flyers just uh, well, let's just say Holmgren fell off his rocker?

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Originally Posted by icehog3

That was some crazy chit today.

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Clearing space for Bryz, $51 over 9 years.

He may be a good goalie, but I think Philly gave away way too much to clear the space.

Man o man...I went to a concert last night and heard about this there. I can't figure it. I figured they were going to move Carter as they needed cap space, but didn't see them trading Richards. Wow.

icehog3 · 06-24-2011, 02:11 PM

The new NHL team in Winnipeg will go with what the city's original team was named -- the Winnipeg Jets, sources told ESPN.com Friday.

The team is expected to announce it Friday night at the NHL draft in St. Paul, Minn.

Ever since the announcement that the Atlanta Thrashers were moving to Winnipeg, fans have debated what to call the team. The overwhelming choice has been Jets -- what the team was called before it moved to Phoenix in 1996 and became the Coyotes. Other options included Winnipeg Falcons, Manitoba Falcons, and Manitoba Moose, which was the name of the AHL team there

357 · 06-24-2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by gpugliese

Re-alignment issues aside, I'm curious how they will justify the 7 division teams having a better shot of making it into the top 4 than the 8 division teams.

Why not just take the top 2 or top 3 from each division and have the remaining 4 or 2 spots be "wild cards" for the remaining best records within the conference?

You could always contract Phoenix and Florida to make all 4 divisions have 7 teams. Then you could have a contraction draft to allow the remaining teams to pick up the talent.

icehog3 · 06-24-2011, 03:16 PM

I heard Bettman is for expansion to 32 teams in the near future, not contraction.

357 · 06-24-2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

I heard Bettman is for expansion to 32 teams in the near future, not contraction.

That's possibly the worst idea ever.

357 · 06-24-2011, 03:40 PM

Although I don't mind Bettman's realignment plan (minus expansion), here's my take on ditching conferences altogther and picking 4 divisions. Top 16 teams by points, wins, h2h, etc make it into the playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. Home & home vs everyone, 2 x h&h for division, split up the rest of the games.

Here's my idea of the 4 divisions...

Great Lakes
BUF
CHI
CLB
DET
MIN
MTL
OTT
TOR

Western
ANA
CAL
EDM
LA
PHX
SJ
VAN
WIN

Atlantic
BOS
NJ
NYI
NYR
PHI
PIT
WAS

Southern
CAR
COL
DAL
FLA
NSH
STL
TB

Take a look at this fan-map. It's where I derived my divisions from. Note, Winnipeg is still listed as ATL and please forgive the stupid title, I didn't create it.

icehog3 · 06-24-2011, 03:43 PM

That would be fun, Mike, if they are gonna re-align, go big time.

Don't think it's too likely though.

06-23-2011, 03:31 PM	#2641
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06-24-2011, 07:37 AM	#2649
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06-24-2011, 09:37 AM	#2650
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06-24-2011, 12:46 PM	#2651
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: NHL '10 - '11 Thread Major realignment coming for 2012-13 season? 2 Conferences (15 teams each) 4 Divisions the Pacific, Midwest, East and South. (two with 8, two with 7) home-and-home against teams outside their division and top 4 from each division are in the playoffs. Including Detroit and Columbus moving EAST! http://aol.sportingnews.com/nhl/stor...2ef7b2662ee2e8 __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

06-24-2011, 01:14 PM	#2652
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: NHL '10 - '11 Thread Eastern Conference: Eastern Division: Boston Buffalo Detroit Montreal NY Rangers NY Islanders Toronto Ottawa Southern Division: Carolina Florida New Jersey Philadelphia Pittsburgh Tampa Bay Washington Western Conference Mid-West Division: Chicago Colorado Columbus Dallas Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Pacific Division: Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose Vancouver Winnipeg I didn't know how they planned to move both Detroit and Columbus east, but if only Detroit goes, I think this will be how it shakes out. __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

06-24-2011, 02:11 PM	#2655
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,304 Trading: (60)	Re: NHL '10 - '11 Thread The new NHL team in Winnipeg will go with what the city's original team was named -- the Winnipeg Jets, sources told ESPN.com Friday. The team is expected to announce it Friday night at the NHL draft in St. Paul, Minn. Ever since the announcement that the Atlanta Thrashers were moving to Winnipeg, fans have debated what to call the team. The overwhelming choice has been Jets -- what the team was called before it moved to Phoenix in 1996 and became the Coyotes. Other options included Winnipeg Falcons, Manitoba Falcons, and Manitoba Moose, which was the name of the AHL team there __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

06-24-2011, 03:16 PM	#2657
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,304 Trading: (60)	Re: NHL '10 - '11 Thread I heard Bettman is for expansion to 32 teams in the near future, not contraction. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

06-24-2011, 03:40 PM	#2659
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: NHL '10 - '11 Thread Although I don't mind Bettman's realignment plan (minus expansion), here's my take on ditching conferences altogther and picking 4 divisions. Top 16 teams by points, wins, h2h, etc make it into the playoffs. 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, etc. Home & home vs everyone, 2 x h&h for division, split up the rest of the games. Here's my idea of the 4 divisions... Great Lakes BUF CHI CLB DET MIN MTL OTT TOR Western ANA CAL EDM LA PHX SJ VAN WIN Atlantic BOS NJ NYI NYR PHI PIT WAS Southern CAR COL DAL FLA NSH STL TB Take a look at this fan-map. It's where I derived my divisions from. Note, Winnipeg is still listed as ATL and please forgive the stupid title, I didn't create it. __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

06-24-2011, 03:43 PM	#2660
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,304 Trading: (60)	Re: NHL '10 - '11 Thread That would be fun, Mike, if they are gonna re-align, go big time. Don't think it's too likely though. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!