@Ryan I expect the Avalanche to lose to most clubs so losing to the Avalanche should suck even more as they are terrible for good reason. Cheap owners. Yes, I have been exercising at high altitudes.
@Kenny Please do not give that especially ugly Detriot Avy again if you win this time. It was universally thought of as ugly.
More on the realignment, the division that includes Colorado now is actually all central time zone teams excluding the Avalanche who are Mountain. This was one of the main goals of the move to have teams all in the same time zones. For me ,this means a lot rarer 8 PM game starts against Vancouver and a lot more early games probably around 6PM. This could be good or bad for me. Often means rushing home from work or just plain really early starts. All games against Colorado from the rest of the Central Division 
will be at 8 PM for you guys.
Also, the new alignment creates a new playoff scenario that is really interesting and I do not fully understand it yet, but it seems really cool from what I saw.Top 3 clubs from each division make it and a wild card system.
Also, the Detriot move to the East might not be permanent. The NHL is trying to expand by two new teams in 3 years. If this happens and one of them is a Eastern team then Detriot could easily be moved back and I hope this is the case.
Finally, Hell must be freezing over because the Canadians are really good.
