Serbia wrote:ben79 wrote:the new conferencs only benefits 2 teams = detroit and columbus, should have moved detroit to east, i understand the '' attendance thing '' but really 32 games vs the west and we don't meet west until the final ??? not that good, ok here's a long shot for the future with bettman = the nhl will move to europe to form a esatern conference made of european teams maybe 20 teams and 20 teams in north america, the final between the 2 conferences, but not playing against each other in the regular season, here you go bettman fans
Winnipeg, Dallas, and Minnesota also directly benefit from the new Conferences. And honestly, I can not for the life of me understand your gripe about having to play the western teams 32 times. How can you NOT see that as being a good thing for the entire league? There are 30 teams in this league, and I think it's great that every one of them will visit Detroit, and the Wings will visit every other city in the league as well. You're a Habs fan. Do you only care about them when they're playing someone you find interesting? Do Montreal - Tampa games bore you? When the Kings come to town, do you find something else to do instead of watching the hockey game? I'll admit, back when Detroit had to play Nashville 8 times a year, I got fed up seeing the Predators over and over... but we're talking 2 games a year against these teams! I fail to see the problem this causes you.
i only watch montreal hockey games and if montreal gets eliminated or does not make the playoff i turn my tv off till next october, who gives a %$?? about watching nashville vs detroit or vancouver vs boston, and for teams like colombus, pheonix, nashville, dallas, florida, tampa bay of course it's better for them cause they are a no-hockey market ( unless i'm wrong aboput that ) bettman shot his own foot when he allowed nhl to be located in no-snow towns ( no snow makes it hard for children to relate to hockey ) a part from florida and tampa bay ( wich is crowded with people from Québec province who go in vacations for 6 month in florida aka snowbirds as they're called ) so bettman is trying to make it up for his own errors instead of admiting hockey is a winter sport ( apart from the california state wich i have no clue why hockey is selling there ) we went to play anaheim last weekend and there was more habs jersey in the crowd then ducks .....
atlanta out ------- pheonix out ---------- nashville out ----------- and maybe another one and then go where hockey got a fanbase, and yes it's as easy as saying it for these millionaires owners, think about it
p.s. = i stand on my point that playing 32 games vs the west is bs ( or useless you guys chose the word you like better ) for teams like toronto, montreal, boston, new york rangers, philadelphia, pittsburgh, ottawa, buffalo. Watch out for those 3 games in 4 nights when playing one in vancouver then the next day in florida, then los angeles , etc .....
