Realigned 6 Divisions

Created by: Pleau2

Team: 2021-22 Custom Team

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 5, 2021

Published: Oct. 5, 2021

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I think the NHL should go back to smaller divisions and make playoff seeding based on Conference standings. I tried to go to 8 divisions of 4 but didn't want to break up some rivalries, so I decided to go back to 6 divisions.
Forwards are the Western Conference.
Defense and Scratches are the Eastern Conference.
I just used the Captain (or potential Captain) for each team.

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
38	$999,999,999	$232,621,500	$0	$1,500,000	$767,378,499

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Pacific, Division $750,000$750,000	Northwest, Division $750,000$750,000	Central, Division $750,000$750,000
Getzlaf, Ryan $3,000,000$3,000,000 ($1,500,000$2M) C NMC UFA - 1	Backlund, Mikael $5,350,000$5,350,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2
Kessel, Phil $6,800,000$6,800,000 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C UFA - 5	Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8
Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Giordano, Mark $3,375,000$3,375,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Jenner, Boone $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Couture, Logan $8,000,000$8,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 6	Horvat, Bo $4,125,000$4,125,000 C UFA - 2	Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C UFA - 2
Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 6	Wheeler, Blake $8,250,000$8,250,000 RW NMC UFA - 3	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 6
		O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Northeast, Division $750,000$750,000	Atlantic, Division $750,000$750,000
Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C UFA - 6
Okposo, Kyle $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Lee, Anders $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW NTC UFA - 5
Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Kreider, Chris $6,500,000$6,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 6
Chabot, Thomas $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD UFA - 7	Giroux, Claude $4,137,500$4,137,500 RW, C NMC UFA - 1
Tavares, John $11,000,000$11,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 4	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 4
	Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Southeast, Division $750,000$750,000
Staal, Jordan $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW NMC UFA - 2
Benn, Jamie $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 4
Barkov, Aleksander $5,900,000$5,900,000 C NMC UFA - 1
Josi, Roman $9,059,000$9,059,000 LD NMC UFA - 7
Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3

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Oct. 5, 2021 at 11:03 a.m.

Gofnut999

Joined: Jan. 2017

Posts: 19,874

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If you base playoffs off conference standings there is no need for divisions, they are pointless. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Oct. 5, 2021 at 11:09 a.m.

Pleau2

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 163

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Quoting: Gofnut999

If you base playoffs off conference standings there is no need for divisions, they are pointless. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Mainly for scheduling and less traveling. I just like the conference seeding because playoff matchups with this new divisional format doesn't necessarily give us the 2 best teams in the conference finals. Like last year when Vegas had to play Colorado in the Second Round because they were in the same division.

Oct. 5, 2021 at 11:18 a.m.

Gofnut999

Joined: Jan. 2017

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Quoting: Pleau2

You are not guaranteed 2 best teams in conf finals regardless of setup. I’d rather they meet early than not at all.

6 does not work anyway it’s awkward. 8 does.

Boston
Montreal
Buffalo
Ottawa

NYR
NYI
NJ
Philly

Toronto
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Columbus

TB
Florida
Carolina
Washington

Chicago
Minnesota
St Louis
Nashville

Colorado
Winnipeg
Dallas
Arizona/Houston

Edmonton
Calgary
Seattle
Vancouver

LA
LV
SJ
Anaheim

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Oct. 5, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

villenash

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 10,278

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WPG kinda gets screwed here

NSH loses 20+ years of rivalries with this alignment too (DAL even more) -- NSH + DAL moving to the east and DET + CBJ to west? I don't love it, and I don't see DET liking that at all.

And uneven divisions again? Nah, not feelin' that.

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Oct. 5, 2021 at 12:06 p.m.

CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

Posts: 24,124

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Quoting: Gofnut999

You are not guaranteed 2 best teams in conf finals regardless of setup. I’d rather they meet early than not at all.

6 does not work anyway it’s awkward. 8 does.

I agree 6 does not work. I don't see any point in making 8 either, although it would work better than 6. However, I find your set-up a little awkward in that Buffalo literally has to fly over / drive through Toronto to get to Ottawa, and Philadelphia is no longer in a division with their state rival (Pittsburgh) or their nearest team (Washington), etc. I would realign your "East" thus:

Toronto
Montreal
Buffalo
Ottawa

Boston
NYR
NYI
NJ

Philly
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Columbus

TB
Florida
Carolina
Washington

Your "West" is better but WOW does Winnipeg have to travel a LOT. This might work better from a purely geographical perspective:

Chicago
Colorado
Minnesota
Winnipeg

Dallas
Arizona/Houston
Nashville
St Louis

Your Pacific NW and Pacific SW divisions are fine.

As I said, I don't really see the point. But it's still fun to think about.

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