Archives 2011 July

NHL Playoff Format

NHL Playoff Format

Just for the record, (and despite all my NHL Realignment Shenanigans), I do have a single opinion and stance on how the NHL should operate once they realign in 2012 (my crazy options all apply once the NHL decides to relocate any franchise or realign yet again). What should happen in 2012: – There should …

The Debt Ceiling Debate, Illustrated

D…………………………..R …D………………………..R ……D……………………..R ……….D………………….R ……………..D……………R …………………….D…….R ………………………FU….R They’ve F’d us all. Thanks! — TF

NHL Realignment Project – Week 8

NHL Realignment Project – Week 8

Week 8 – Canadian Madness This week we mashup the good ol’ Divisional NHL with NCAA Basketball and toss in some Canadian Pride for good measure. The current 30-team NHL sees no relocation, but sees expansion into Quebec City and Hamilton… getting us up to the oft-dreamed-of 9 teams north of the border and even-more-oft-dreamed-of …

NHL Realignment Project – Week 7

NHL Realignment Project – Week 7

Week 7 – Bigger is Better Busy work week delayed this week’s entry, but here it is. This week, we go all kinds of crazy. We throw caution to the wind and make the NHL the biggest league in North American professional sports — 36 teams! Florida’s unbelievable movement on the first day of free-agency …

Couldn’t Resist

Couldn’t Resist

So obvious, yet so deserved. Congrats, ladies on a valiant effort and great result. —Tom p.s. I don’t know who the the photographer of original image is, all credit to him or her (a.k.a. don’t sue me)

NHL Realignment Project – Week 6

NHL Realignment Project – Week 6

Week 6 – Get Real, Take Two! Thanks to a busy holiday weekend (and thinking about last week’s map a bit more), I’ve just tweaked the previous map a bit for NRP Week 6. Sticking with the geographic names for the four divisions like last week. Unlike the previous edition, we’ve unbalanced the East and …