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bd11

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Montreal got Robert Lang from Chicago in return of the 2nd pick they got in the Grabovski trade to Toronto... with that move, the Habs are officially out of the "Mats Sundin derby", finally !!

With this trade, the habs have now 3 really good offensive lines... now i'm still a little worry about their D, but they should easily clinch the division and or the Conference...
 
Thunderbolt

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bd11 said:
Montreal got Robert Lang from Chicago in return of the 2nd pick they got in the Grabovski trade to Toronto... with that move, the Habs are officially out of the "Mats Sundin derby", finally !!

With this trade, the habs have now 3 really good offensive lines... now i'm still a little worry about their D, but they should easily clinch the division and or the Conference...
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People seem to forget about the Senators . They still have a very good team and I don't see why they wouldn't give Montreal a run for their money for the division title . Montreal had a good season in 07-08 , but don't forget there is a great parity in the league now and nothing is garanteed .
 
Marlo Manson

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Thunder Bolt said:
People seem to forget about the Senators . They still have a very good team and I don't see why they wouldn't give Montreal a run for their money for the division title . Montreal had a good season in 07-08 , but don't forget there is a great parity in the league now and nothing is garanteed .
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Marlo Manson said:
the east is really a toss up!! but when the dust settles I think MONTREAL or OTTAWA will be the EASTERN CONFERENCE WINNER! hatsoff:
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I am right there with ya buddy!! I already acknowledged that and think that! Ottawa just didn't click last year!! with emery drama etc..etc.. I was very surprised and disappointed with them in 08!!! I believe they should have played Anahiem alot better in the finals in 07!! so maybe they tweaked what needed to be adjusted and they will rise from the cream of the crop in the Eastern conference playoffs!! :thumbsup:

I think somebody in the EAST better assert themselves and win a couple of cups!! because DETROIT is one NEW TEAM ADDED TO (THE NHL) IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE IN PARTICULAR!! FROM BEING PLACED IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE like they should be!!! it is Eastern Standard Time IN DETROIT,MI !! why are they still in the WESTERN CONFERENCE!! cuz bettman is a FUCKTARD!! and thats the only reason!! :rolleyes:

DETROIT is est. and have petitioned the league ever since the MAPLE LEAFS were switched from WEST to EAST!!! if DETROIT plays in the EAST (less travel, less wear and tear, less fatigue from jet lag, most of the season and 1st 3 rounds of the playoffs up and down the east coast!!! and what 2 long westcoast trips in the regular season and then possibly the finals??? DETROIT IN THE EAST will be THE BEAST OF THE EAST!! :bowdown:

DETROIT is coming to the EAST sooner or later!!! :D

If you think geographically speaking the BLUE JACKETS for sure?? and maybe the BLACKHAWKS and THE STARS SHOULD BE EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS!! :hatsoff:
 
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PlasmaTwa2

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^ Well then who is gonna be moved over to the West?
 
Marlo Manson

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PlasmaTwa2 said:
^ Well then who is gonna be moved over to the West?
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Thats why Detroit is still in the EAST!! there are no teams from the east that should be in the west!! so whenever the west gets a new team Detroit will be placed in the EAST!!

I am too busy/lazy to count how many teams there are and how many teams in each conference, but Detroit is in the eastern time zone!! I imagine columbus is est. so however many teams it takes to balance the leagues so they each have the same number of teams??

however they adjust it or realign or add or subtract from one conference to the other?? but Detroit belongs in the EAST!! and I know logically and geographically NO team in the EAST could be moved to the west!! CONFUSING I KNOW!! but it makes sense and Detroit is all the more impressive when you think about the traveling they do in the playoffs???

they have to go back and forth to the west coast for possibly the first 3 rounds of the WCF's and the eastern conference teams go north to south in the worst case scenerio, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, to Florida or Georgia? but all the eastern seaboard teams are set like cake!! train or bus trips for some of them!!!

Detroit if they make to the finals automatically are @ a disadvantage because of all the extra travel time logged opposed to the well or better rested EASTERN CONFEERENCE TEAM!!

THE TEAM that wins the west and then beats the east in the finals was just that more superior in talent, and or depth!! due to injuries or and travel time the west is always spent more so physically and tend to have more injuries or labored player than the east!!! :bowdown: :hatsoff:
 
PlasmaTwa2

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^ There are thrity teams in the National Hockey League, and with all the problems it has I doubt they are going to get any more teams anytime soon.

Chances are, too, that the West will not get another team before the East. The only cities in the West that I can think of that could potentially support a team is Seattle or Winnipeg, and both are unlikely, since Seattle is right next to Vancouver and Winnipeg is in Canada. Every other city is in the East.
 
rodfarva

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Marlo Manson said:
Thats why Detroit is still in the EAST!! there are no teams from the east that should be in the west!! so whenever the west gets a new team Detroit will be placed in the EAST!!

I am too busy/lazy to count how many teams there are and how many teams in each conference, but Detroit is in the eastern time zone!! I imagine columbus is est. so however many teams it takes to balance the leagues so they each have the same number of teams??

however they adjust it or realign or add or subtract from one conference to the other?? but Detroit belongs in the EAST!! and I know logically and geographically NO team in the EAST could be moved to the west!! CONFUSING I KNOW!! but it makes sense and Detroit is all the more impressive when you think about the traveling they do in the playoffs???

they have to go back and forth to the west coast for possibly the first 3 rounds of the WCF's and the eastern conference teams go north to south in the worst case scenerio, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, to Florida or Georgia? but all the eastern seaboard teams are set like cake!! train or bus trips for some of them!!!

Detroit if they make to the finals automatically are @ a disadvantage because of all the extra travel time logged opposed to the well or better rested EASTERN CONFEERENCE TEAM!!

THE TEAM that wins the west and then beats the east in the finals was just that more superior in talent, and or depth!! due to injuries or and travel time the west is always spent more so physically and tend to have more injuries or labored player than the east!!! :bowdown: :hatsoff:
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I think most hockey fans should just know right off the bat that there are 6 divisions, with five teams in each division, and three divisions in each conference. 30 total teams, 15 in each conference. That's why Detroit is in the West, because they're further West than any team in the East, so they automatically have to be put in the West to keep the number of teams in each conference equal. Expansion isn't happening any time soon, and they'll probably add two teams when it does, and at least one city further East of Detroit will probably be one of them(Hamilton), so they're staying in the West. The extra travel time didn't seem to stop them from being a league above the rest of the NHL last season, and probably this season too.
 
PlasmaTwa2

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rodfarva said:
I think most hockey fans should just know right off the bat that there are 6 divisions, with five teams in each division, and three divisions in each conference. 30 total teams, 15 in each conference. That's why Detroit is in the West, because they're further West than any team in the East, so they automatically have to be put in the West to keep the number of teams in each conference equal. Expansion isn't happening any time soon, and they'll probably add two teams when it does, and at least one city further East of Detroit will probably be one of them(Hamilton), so they're staying in the West. The extra travel time didn't seem to stop them from being a league above the rest of the NHL last season, and probably this season too.
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That all makes sense, but Hamilton? Come on, there is no way Toronto or Buffalo would let it happen. They tried in the eighties, and almost got one, but they didn't, and that'll be the closest they will ever get. Put the Nordiques, Jets and Whalers back before you get one in Hamilton.
 
Marlo Manson

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rodfarva said:
I think most hockey fans should just know right off the bat that there are 6 divisions, with five teams in each division, and three divisions in each conference. 30 total teams, 15 in each conference. That's why Detroit is in the West, because they're further West than any team in the East, so they automatically have to be put in the West to keep the number of teams in each conference equal. Expansion isn't happening any time soon, and they'll probably add two teams when it does, and at least one city further East of Detroit will probably be one of them(Hamilton), so they're staying in the West. The extra travel time didn't seem to stop them from being a league above the rest of the NHL last season, and probably this season too.
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Dualy noted but don't under estimate the treasure of being a memberof the original six not that there are plentiful cities to support an NHL team, but just the opposite some teams foundations are shaky!

some teams can't support the NHL team in there cities now! I am not gonna rattle them off but you here about this team and that teams futures always uncertain! Plus Mike Illitch the REDWINGS owner has a lot of pull in the hiearchy of the NHL! I would not be surprised if Detroit is not in the EAST within the next 5 years!

sure allot has to happen but ILLITCH has got ALLOT of power, say, and respect! some teams may just fall prey to being a NEW FISH and deal with politics associated with being a pawn if you will @ the expensive of the REDWINGS being an original six team! just hypothetical but entirely possible!! :hatsoff:
 
rodfarva

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PlasmaTwa2 said:
That all makes sense, but Hamilton? Come on, there is no way Toronto or Buffalo would let it happen. They tried in the eighties, and almost got one, but they didn't, and that'll be the closest they will ever get. Put the Nordiques, Jets and Whalers back before you get one in Hamilton.
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Jim Balsillie has already tried to buy the Preds and the Penguins and move them to Hamilton. Yes, Bettman didn't allow it, but the Bulldogs have been one of the most popular teams in the AHL, the demand is there in Hamilton, and they have an owner ready to begin now in Balsillie. Eventually, Bettman will have to cave in and admit that a team belongs in Hamilton. Quebec City and Hartford aren't getting teams again any time soon, they failed to support teams, but Winnipeg is a good call. They could be the other city to get a new team in expansion, but Bettman is an idiot, so although Hamilton SHOULD get a team, you're probably right, and they won't.
 
Marlo Manson

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rodfarva said:
I think most hockey fans should just know right off the bat that there are 6 divisions, with five teams in each division, and three divisions in each conference. 30 total teams, 15 in each conference. That's why Detroit is in the West, because they're further West than any team in the East, so they automatically have to be put in the West to keep the number of teams in each conference equal. Expansion isn't happening any time soon, and they'll probably add two teams when it does, and at least one city further East of Detroit will probably be one of them(Hamilton), so they're staying in the West. The extra travel time didn't seem to stop them from being a league above the rest of the NHL last season, and probably this season too.
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I forgot to mention that Las Vegas has been on the radar for a team!! I think they could support a team!!

to tell you the honest truth to address your quote above.

Ever since the league opened up the flood gates for expansion teams and diluted the talent, ruined and disrupted the intensity of play in the NHL with all the cheesy penalties and the instigator rule, which in itself has drastically intensified cheap hits, stick infractions, kneeing, boarding, if a guy doesn't have to worry about getting hammered in the face by the opposing enforcer, players don't and won't respect each other!! also the shitty refereeing always good for calling terrible penalties, the salary cap to support the weaker market teams, the new watered down NHL bettman has been molding to get more AMERICANS to embrace the NHL is stealing, robbing, and sincerely altering the NHL that true fans love to watch and see is now a memory!!

I have stopped counting the teams and I honestly have stopped KNOWING everything because I don't care for the way the game is being presented and played in the last 5 to 10 years and the current direction of the league right now!!! I don't pay attention to all the teams, divisions, conferences, number of teams in each division/conference!!

its unfortunately the bettman hockey league!! thats right the BHL!!! as long as Detroit is winning cups I am happy but as far as caring about EVERY SINGLE DETAIL about each team and the whole league is not important to me right now since I don't like the BHL!!! give me back the NHL and I will be able to tell you every teams roster!! all the rules, every teams record, all the top goal scorers, the best D men, + - leaders, every little mi-nute detail and I would know the answer without having to look it up!!

I love the NHL!!! I certainly hope nobody questions my knowledge and passion for the NHL!! because I used to watch the DEAD WINGS with my pops (god rest his soul) when I was a youngin before STEVIE Y saved and returned our beloved RED WINGS back to Detroit!! I used to watch old redwings like Dale McCourt, Reed Larson, Dennis Polonich, Dave (the tiger) Williams etc..etc..

I have been a PUCKHEAD since I was just a young pup!! its very disappointing but I can't say I like the NHL right now!! of course I am a fan!!! but the game is so watered down its just shameful to watch and follow!! sorry for the long message but I am so angered, frustrated, passionate and upset @ what bettman has done to the game!!! :hatsoff:
 
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Anybody of you guys play fantasy hockey? How is it? I want to do it, but there is so many games in the NHL that I would probably lose track of it.

Btw, when does the season start?
 
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