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NHL Realignment Project

NHL Realignment Project: If I Were King of North America

The project starts here: one NHL relocation and realignment plan a week until the end of the off-season, with no Board of Governors to get in the way.

Hockey

How 'bout Them Leafs! Toronto and the 1991 Cowboys

Maple Leafs fans want the Cup now that Boston won again. The case for patience, James Reimer, and why Toronto looks like the 1991 Dallas Cowboys.

Sports

Couldn't Resist: A Poster for the US Women's Team

A design joke filed under soccer: a Hope Solo poster in the Shepard Fairey style, posted with congratulations to the US Women's National Team.

Hockey

NHL Playoff Format: Four Divisions, Top Four Qualify

Setting the realignment jokes aside: four divisions of seven or eight teams, top four qualifying, and two rounds to decide a division champion.

Books

Random Hockey Book of the Week, Week 1: SI Hockey Book

Week one of the Friday book feature: Sports Illustrated The Hockey Book, a photographic history of the game from frozen ponds to the present.

Fun and Games

Greatest Ever Poll: Board Games and the Quest for The One

The Greatest Ever Poll turns to the tabletop: a vote on the greatest board game of all time, run under the site's fun and games and polls banner.

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