Endless Possibilities. Zero Consensus.
The Florida Panthers have always been the easy whipping-boy for the “hockey doesn’t belong in non-traditional markets” crowd. They are also always the first picked on by the “NHL realignment is easy, just do this….” crowd. The reality is, they have one of the cushiest arena leases out there (and for 14 more years). So …
The Florida Panthers have always been the easy whipping-boy for the “hockey doesn’t belong in non-traditional markets” crowd. They are also always the first picked on by the “NHL realignment is easy, just do this….” crowd. The reality is, they have one of the cushiest arena leases out there (and for 14 more years). So …
The Benefits: • Focus — With more divisions, the main focus of an NHL team’s season is to win its division to guarantee it’s spot in the playoffs. Beat the other two teams in your division and your in. If you don’t, you still have three wildcard slots to shoot for, so its not an “all …
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 …
Week 3 – Damn, that’s Cold Okay, I’m going a bit radical this week. This one is for all those anti-southern city folks. NOTE: I am not one of the anti-southern city peeps. I live in Texas, after all. So basically, with this plan, we’ve decided that the NHL hockey is a purely niche sport …
Week 2 — Phoenix to Seattle Welcome back, true believers. Week two is upon us. This week we’ll look at a slightly more plausible scenario for the NHL’s 2012-2013 season. The league stays at the current 30-team count and the only team joining the Winnipeg team in relocation (now with a Jets logo on the …
Week 1 – Moving and Shaking (and Expanding) What timing… the day I launch my first of 52 (or more) weekly NHL realignment options, the NHL made it official (pending BOG approval), the sale and move of the Thrashers franchise to Winnipeg, so no need to include Winnipeg/Atlanta in my potential gained/lost descriptions. Serendipity, baby. …