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Maps, conferences, divisions, travel and the arguments behind them.
NHL Realignment Project – Week 40: The Arena Audit
Week 40 turned from maps to buildings: Kansas City, Seattle and Quebec had arenas coming, Long Island did not, and relocation plus two expansions made 32.
NHL Realignment Project – Week 41: Bring Back the Whale
Week 41 squeezed Hartford back into the league by dropping Columbus, keeping the 32-team, four-conference frame and the same 28-48-6 schedule.
NHL Realignment Project – Week 42: A 28-Team Experiment
Week 42 went where the league never will: contraction to 28 teams in four conferences, with an 84-game schedule built to keep travel north to south.
NHL Realignment Project – Week 43: Five Divisions of Three
Week 43 kept all 30 teams where they were and rebuilt the map instead: two conferences, five three-team divisions each, and an 82-game schedule that fits.
NHL Realignment Project – Week 44: A Memo From the Machines
Week 44 framed a 32-team NHL as a Matrix memo: eight cities gained, six lost, four divisions per conference, and an 82-game program for the masses.
NHL Realignment Project – Week 45: The Short Version
Week 45 dropped the four-conference idea, sent Carolina and Columbus out, brought Seattle and Quebec City in, and rebuilt the 82-game schedule.