A 31-Team NHL, With Las Vegas in the Pacific

Hi all. Here's a real quickly put together map of what the "New NHL" will likely look like. I don't foresee the league bothering with realignment yet until they get to 32 teams (and hopefully incorporating my four-conference plan). For now Las Vegas is just added to the current 7-team Pacific. Also in case you can't squint enough to see, the logo I threw together for the "Las Vegas Black Knights" is a quick construct of letters found in, or inspired by the ol' classic Bicycle Cards logo.

Vegas Goes Straight Into the Pacific

No new division, no reshuffled conferences. Las Vegas simply becomes the eighth team in the seven-team Pacific.

The Black Knights Logo

A quick construct of letters found in, or inspired by, the classic Bicycle Cards logo, thrown together for the map.

Why the Map Waits

Realignment probably waits until the league reaches 32 teams, with the four-conference plan still the hope for when it does.

Same Map, New Flair

Basically, the same old map I've been doing for a while with a little bit of flair (and the new Florida Panthers logo).

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