NHL division names, schedule, Olympic plans could come Wednesday

[DetDannyWilliams]

http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/story/2013-07-16/nhl-division-names-schedule-olympics-2014-sochi-games

[SabreEleven]

The new phone books are here, the new phone books are here...

http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=678422&navid=DL|BUF|home

[SabreEleven]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (July 19, 2013) --- The Buffalo Sabres and the National Hockey League today announced the team’s 2013-14 regular-season schedule. The variable pricing designations and box office pricing for individual games will be released at a later date.
The team’s season-opener is scheduled for Oct. 2 against the Red Wings, a new Eastern Conference and divisional foe, in Detroit. The Sabres then return to Buffalo for the team’s home-opener against another division rival, the Ottawa Senators, on Oct. 4 at First Niagara Center.

The Sabres will play on consecutive nights a franchise-low 13 times in 2013-14 after leading the league in back-to-back sets during each of the last two full-length seasons (2011-12, 2010-11). In the team’s 42-season history, the Sabres have averaged 20 back-to-back sets per year in full-length seasons. Since the 2004-05 lockout, they have played the most in the league.

[DetDannyWilliams]

The four division names are Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central and Pacific. The Atlantic and Metropolitan divisions make up the Eastern Conference and each division has eight teams. The Central and Pacific divisions make up the Western Conference and have seven teams in each division. The Atlantic Division teams are: Boston Bruins (http://bruins.nhl.com/), Buffalo Sabres (http://sabres.nhl.com/), Detroit Red Wings (http://redwings.nhl.com/), Florida Panthers (http://panthers.nhl.com/), Montreal Canadiens (http://canadiens.nhl.com/), Ottawa Senators (http://senators.nhl.com/), Tampa Bay Lightning (http://lightning.nhl.com/) and Toronto Maple Leafs (http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/).
The Red Wings have moved from the Western Conference to the Eastern.
The Metropolitan Division includes the three New York-area teams -- New York Rangers (http://rangers.nhl.com/), New York Islanders (http://islanders.nhl.com/) and New Jersey Devils (http://devils.nhl.com/) -- along with the Washington Capitals (http://capitals.nhl.com/), Pittsburgh Penguins (http://penguins.nhl.com/), Philadelphia Flyers (http://flyers.nhl.com/), Carolina Hurricanes (http://hurricanes.nhl.com/) and Columbus Blue Jackets (http://bluejackets.nhl.com/), who are joining the Red Wings in the move east.
The new Central Division in the Western Conference includes the Chicago Blackhawks (http://blackhawks.nhl.com/), St. Louis Blues (http://blues.nhl.com/), Nashville Predators (http://predators.nhl.com/), Minnesota Wild (http://wild.nhl.com/), Colorado Avalanche (http://avalanche.nhl.com/), Dallas Stars (http://stars.nhl.com/) and Winnipeg Jets (http://jets.nhl.com/), who are moving from the Eastern Conference to the Western.
The new Pacific Division includes the Los Angeles Kings (http://kings.nhl.com/), Anaheim Ducks (http://ducks.nhl.com/), Phoenix Coyotes (http://coyotes.nhl.com/), San Jose Sharks (http://sharks.nhl.com/), Vancouver Canucks (http://canucks.nhl.com/), Calgary Flames (http://flames.nhl.com/) and Edmonton Oilers (http://oilers.nhl.com/). http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=678456&navid=DL|NHL|home

[Skooby]

Mucho $ saved on travel expenses.

[SabreEleven]

Adams, Smythe, Norris are so much worse for division names then the Metropolitan division :rolleyes:

[OpIv37]

Adams, Smythe, Norris are so much worse for division names then the Metropolitan division :rolleyes:

And it's just too easy- they're now the Metrosexual division, the NHL didn't even make us work for a funny play on words.

[ckg927]

Cripes, I could have come up with better names for the four divisions in my sleep!

If they didn't want to resurrect the Adams/Norris/Patrick/Smythe, how about using Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe and Clancy as the new division names?

[WagonCircler]

I was hoping for something on the order of Gretzky, Howe, Orr and Richard divisions.

[OpIv37]

Cripes, I could have come up with better names for the four divisions in my sleep!

If they didn't want to resurrect the Adams/Norris/Patrick/Smythe, how about using Gretzky, Lemieux, Howe and Clancy as the new division names?
Who's they?

Is there any hockey fan in the US or Canada who DIDNT want the old division names back?

Bettman just sucks. He does a great job keeping the owners happy but doesn't do much for the players and seems oblivious to the reality that neither the owners, the players, nor the league would have any money if it wasn't for the fans. He's far too willing to piss off diehard fans in futile attempts to win new ones in places where no one gives a **** about hockey (except Sabres fans forced to move south for jobs).

[POTLAND PSILBYLO]

The all-Donut Divisions: Horton, Makita, Kucharski, Schoenfeld.

[POTLAND PSILBYLO]

Why not go with Molson (Northeast), Labatt (East), Coors (Centrtal), Mad River (West)