Its basically come out over the past few months that the NHL will expand but its unknown if it will be 2 or 4 teams.
http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Galla ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Las Vegas has been rumored to be a near lock for the first expansion team but those reports have been denied by the NHL.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/26379255 ... -las-vegas" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Writer Howard Bloom of Sports Business News also tweeted on Tuesday the NHL was looking to expand by four teams by 2017. In addition to Las Vegas, Quebec City, Seattle and a second team in Toronto were eyed. Bloom reported the NHL would rake in $1.4 billion in expansion fees"
Seattle (Pacific) and Las Vegas (Central, or Pacific and move Arizona to Central) can be added to the Western Conference fairly easily if it’s just those two teams. If its 4 teams it only get crazier.
Personally I’d like to see Seattle and Vegas only, and for the NHL to realign similar to the NFL w/ 4 team divisions.
Western Conference
Northwest - Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg
Pacific – Seattle, Anaheim, LA, San Jose
Southwest – Arizona, Vegas, Colorado, Dallas
Midwest – Chicago, Minnesota, St Louis, Nashville
Eastern Conference
Northeast – Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa
Metro – Boston, NYI, NYR, NJ
Lake Erie – Detroit, Columbus, Pitt, Philly
South – DC, Carolina, Florida, Tampa
Edit: New link today from yahoo
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck ... 03703.html
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