expat voter Posted December 16, 2011 Report Posted December 16, 2011 This is about the new NHL conferences. Are you looking forward to the new format? Quote
expat voter Posted December 16, 2011 Author Report Posted December 16, 2011 (edited) I am. First, just for the novelty. More importantly, there will be some great rivalries built up, with more directly at stake in conference games. One suggestion to the Board of Governors: In order to give out-of-conference games more meaning and an extra edge, base the final 2 rounds of playoff seeding on winning percentage from inter-conference games. (Rather than total standing points, which will be skewed by play within the conferences.) Now if only concussions would cease... Edited December 16, 2011 by expat voter Quote
olp1fan Posted December 17, 2011 Report Posted December 17, 2011 The North east and Florida + Tampa is going to be an incredibly tough conference Looking forward to this for sure! Quote
expat voter Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Posted December 17, 2011 Ok, how do we report spam on this board? That new conference should help Florida ticket sales. Going by current overall rank according to win percentages, the Central Division would be a pretty tough neighborhood too: 2/3-Chicago & Minnesota, 6-Detroit, 7-St Louis, 11-Dallas, 13-Nashville = 6 teams in the top half of the league. Quote
expat voter Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Posted December 17, 2011 In comparison, the new western conference currently has 6 of its 8 teams in the bottom half of the league, an illustration of why using winning percentage from inter-conference games makes sense for the final 2 playoff round seedings. Quote
olp1fan Posted December 17, 2011 Report Posted December 17, 2011 In comparison, the new western conference currently has 6 of its 8 teams in the bottom half of the league, an illustration of why using winning percentage from inter-conference games makes sense for the final 2 playoff round seedings. whichever way makes it possible for an east team to play another east team or west playing another west going back to how it used to be in the 80s n early 90s would be cool with me too Quote
fellowtraveller Posted December 28, 2011 Report Posted December 28, 2011 In comparison, the new western conference currently has 6 of its 8 teams in the bottom half of the league, an illustration of why using winning percentage from inter-conference games makes sense for the final 2 playoff round seedings. meaningless, since the strength and weakness of teams shifts.What is unfair is that only four out of 8 teams make the playoffs from two conferences, while 4 out of 7 make it from the other two. Wrong all the way. Quote The government should do something.
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