We had our first day with complete snow cover yesterday, and last night we received 10 cm to go with the 3 that we already had! I went snowshoeing this morning - it was great!
Warning: If you don't like hockey or ridiculous diatribes, stop reading now.
On a completely different topic, I was driving home on Friday listening to Schopp and the Bulldog on WGR Sports Radio 550 (out of Buffalo, New York) when they started talking about the 2008/2009 N.H.L. schedule. Mike Schopp discussed the possibility of adding a few games to the schedule if it would enable each team to play at least one home game against every other team in the league. I like the concept, but I have a plan to accomplish it without adding games...
Currently, there are 30 teams in the N.H.L. Quite frankly, that's way too many. In my "if I was commisioner of the N.H.L." scenario, I would immediately get rid of ten teams. Sorry if you're a fan, but there is no good reason for keeping the:
Atlanta Thrashers
Carolina Hurricanes
Florida Panthers
Nashville Predators
Los Angeles Kings
Minnesota Wild
New York Islanders
Phoenix Coyotes
St. Louis Blues
San Jose Sharks
Two teams would be relocated:
Dallas Stars back to Minnesota (where they would become the Minnesota North Stars...again)
Tamba Bay Lightning to Salt Lake City
Now you'd have 20 teams, and I'd organize them in this way:
Eastern Conference:
North Division:
01. Buffalo Sabres
02. Columbus Blue Jackets
03. Montreal Canadiens
04. Ottawa Senators
05. Toronto Maple Leafs
Atlantic Division:
01. Boston Bruins
02. Philadelphia Flyers
03. New Jersey Devils
04. New York Rangers
05. Washington Capitals
Western Conference:
North Division:
01. Calgary Flames
02. Chicago Blackhawks
03. Detroit Red Wings
04. Edmonton Oilers
05. Pittsburgh Penguins
Pacific Division:
01. Anaheim Ducks
02. Colorado Avalanche
03. Minnesota North Stars
04. Salt Lake City Team (former Tamba Bay Lightning)
05. Vancouver Canucks
Eastern Conference teams would play each Western Conference team only twice (one home and one away), creating 20 games on the schedule. North Division teams would play Atlantic division teams 4 times (two home and two away). That would add another 20 games. Finally, teams within a division would play each other 6 times (three home and three away). This would add another 24 games to the schedule, for a total of 64. In my opinion, a signficant improvement over the current 82 game schedule.
What do you think? Is the N.H.L. schedule too long?
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Yes! The schedule is too long. I agree that there are far too many teams. It is hard keeping track of them unless you are a hockey-obsessed person. I enjoy hockey, having grown up in a hockey-obsessed family - your ideas for changes are good ones!
Thanks!
...a 'hockey-obsessed family' - I'm curious, who do most Saskatchewanians cheer for?
Why can't Dallas keep their team? I'm not a hockey fan, but many of my friends are, and what would they do with their Dallas Stars stuff? Dallas loves the Stars!
I agree with you! I grew up in Minnesota and would LOVE to have the North Stars back! And, Dallas should NOT keep their team, because it should be back in Minnesota where it belongs.
Sorry cubby, I'm going to have to go with Shauna on this one. I'm sure your friends could catch the games on television!
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