2013-14 NHL Map – Now with Official Division Names
July 19, 2013
I can’t say I love the “Metropolitan” name. But, overall it’s better than shifting the Central to the Eastern Time Zone. Click the map to enlarge.
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NHL Expansion Scenario – Quebec City and Seattle
July 06, 2013
Since the Coyotes are locked in (for at least five years), what might an NHL with expansion teams in Seattle and Quebec City look like? Let’s face it, relocation isn’t happening anytime soon (breath easy Panther, Devil, Blue Jacket fans). NHL expansion is the next hot thing (despite “talent pool” arguments to the contrary). Let’s …
Lords of the Stanley Cup
June 28, 2013
My Stanley Cup infographic has been revised to include the Blackhawks latest triumph. Until next year! See the infographic » —TF
Nate Silver Optimizes the NHL
June 03, 2013
In his NY Times post, FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver steps away from politics and baseball to take on the NHL. The post’s title, “Why Can’t Canada Win the Stanley Cup?” is a lead-in premise to his re-imagining of a more balanced league in terms of where and how intense fanbases seem to be. It’s nice to …
NHL Realignment – Do It Yourself Map Kit
March 24, 2013
Included in the following ZIP file is a Photoshop file of the NHL realignment the league announced recently with a ton of layers you can turn on and off, and selectable teams that can be relocated (or contracted) at will. If you want to add team logos that aren’t part of the current 30, there …
NHL Realignment Map 2013-14
March 08, 2013
Now that it has been approved, here is “The Official Tom Fulery Version” of the 2013-14 NHL realignment (click image to enlarge): UPDATE: The league has officially announced division names. An updated map can be found here » NHL Realignment 2013-14
Realigning the NHL the Right Way
March 08, 2013
My final proposal is just a little too late. And it’s too bad, because I went all “Howard Hughes” obsessive with it and made it into more of an infographic — and the Scheduling Pods and Scheduling Quads concept was so cool… oh well. In both phases of this two phase plan: Chicago fans can …
Oh, You Want a RADICAL Realignment?
February 27, 2013
You all knew I wouldn’t be able to stop. Here is the most radical, yet positively doable re-imagining of the NHL yet. It’s a crazy hybridization of the plans being tossed around lately, plus relocation and expansion. It addresses the biggest gripe of the latest realignment—Chicago losing Detroit as a more-than-two-games-per-season opponent. It does however …
NHL realignment: New plan a win for nearly everybody – SBNation.com
February 25, 2013
DefendingBigD‘s Brandon Worley presents his take on the NHL’s new realignment plan. Dallas’ placement in the Pacific is one of the main inspirations for my year-long NHL Realignment Project, and the folks over at DBD is THE place for Stars fans to to their thing. Good stuff, Brandon. NHL realignment: New plan a win for …
Proposed NHL Realignment 2013-14
February 24, 2013
Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada (@FriedgeHNIC) reported that the forth-coming NHL Realignment Plan will be similar, but not exactly the same as the one the NHL proposed back in December of 2011. It’ll still be four conferences (two of 8 teams, two of 7 teams), but Detroit and Columbus would be moved to the “eastern” …