If the NHL wants to keep them in Columbus, they need a good season.

There is no way the NHL would move them, at least not with the way it's run now. Unless ownership drops the team they are staying there. Even if the NHL buys them nobody is gonna want them.

The only place they would be worth moving to is Quebec, but I highly doubt Quebec would want a team like Columbus (at least right now), if they can get into the playoffs, whether Quarter-Finals or Semi-Finals. And even when that happens they aren't gonna move.


The only team that is an option to go to Quebec is Phoenix but with new ownership that is likely not to happen. Until of course the Coyotes spend another 4 seasons out of the playoffs. Welcome to the up-and-down game Coyote bandwagoners

Yup. Would you prefer an expansion or moving a team to Quebec?

I'd like an expansion team, so that way they can draft playoff performer players. But the problem is now that is such a huge shortage in players compared to the expansion era. And expansion draft now would be made up of AHLers and maybe a handful of NHLers.

So with a new arena being built in Quebec and a new arena set to be built in Seattle,

What do you think about bringing in 2 new teams with the current broken alignment?

I would like to see it like this:

Adams Division:
Boston Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Quebec Nordiques
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
Florida Panthers

Patrick Divison:
Pittsburgh Penguins
Washington Capitals
New York Rangers
New Jersey Devils
Philadelphia Flyers
Tampa Bay Lightning

Norris Divison
Chicago Black hawks
St. Louis Blues
Detroit Red Wings
Toronto Maple Leafs
Nashville Predators
Columbus Blue Jackets
Minnesota Wild

Smythe Divison
Los Angeles Kings
Calgary Flames
Winnipeg Jets
San Jose Sharks
Vancouver Canucks
Edmonton Oilers
Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Seattle (Insert Team Name)


Yeah the Smythe Divison has 1 extra, but the Patrick Divison used to way back when so it's no biggie.
And for a playoff system you just bring back the old playoff system from the previous alingment.

Divison Semi-Finals -> Divison Finals -> Conference Finals -> Stanley Cup Finals

Goodv with me. Good layout.

I didn't like having to put the Panthers in Adams but the problem is they'd be the only one with 5 teams, unless they bring an expansion team into Hartford.

I wanted to keep St. Louis with Detroit and Chicago and what way to make better hockey than to put the Leafs back in the west. Not to mention, I am super psyched for the Winter Classic, Wings vs Leafs is gonna make for some good fucking hockey.

ALSO! I just realized I forgot the Senators, so Adams Division would probably look something like this:

Adams:
Boston Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Quebec Nordiques (Exp. Team)
Ottawa Senators
Buffalo Sabres
New York Islanders
Hartford Whalers (Possible Exp. Team)

If the whalers aren't brought back then maybe putting the Panthers in there wouldn't be that bad of an idea.

Agree even more so with this layout, and, the Winter Classic will be amazing. I like how the NHL was confused as to why the Stnaley Cup ratings were so low this year, they had half the games on a channel no one gets with basic cable. Which is fucking stupid.

having the NHL on ESPN/ABC back in the day was a godsend for the league and they need to get it back.

Yup, the whole fucking of the ESPN deal really ended up hurting the NHL, and, they can't get the ESPN ABC deal back.