The OG NHL thread: The Cup worth biting for

[NightDragon83]

chocoloco said:

So the league is adding two teams next year ( I think) and I just wanted to say I am mad about what I heard will happen. The AVS will be taken out of the northwestern division and moved into a new four team division with the Anaheim Ducks, Phoenix, Coyotes, and surprisingly the Nashville Predators. I would be so mad if this is true (and I heard it from a reliable source because:

1. I will miss the long rivalries we had with Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary. a lot
2. It puts the avs against the predators which is a team not even close to the west.St. Louis is closer and they still put in Nashville I mean come on do it geographically correct.
3. I want to be in the division with Dallas Damnitt (alright small complaint)

As for the rest of the league they will have to make changes as well with a new division also being created in the East. I know it is unavoidable, but I also wonder if this league even has enough talent for two more teams.

Where the heck did you hear this?  It was reported last month after the league met with the team owners that they were planning on going back to the old 4 conference or division format they used to have prior to all the expansions in the mid-90s.  The three divisions in the east and west will be condensed into two each, with 7 teams apiece in the east for 14, and 8 apiece in the west for 16 (Winnipeg will be moved to one of the western conferences next season, with no proposal to move any teams east).  No expansion teams were ever mentioned or even rumored about during these meetings, and with Atlanta just losing its franchise and Phoenix still in danger of losing the Coyotes, I seriously doubt there will be any more teams added to the league anytime soon.