They're not even gonna call it the Canadian division? I realize this is a incredibly small thing to complain about these days but come on.
2020-2021 NHL Thread
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herman said:
Why wouldn't St. Louis and Dallas swap? That's weird.
bustaheims
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herman said:
Don?t wanna give the Sabres any assets. I hope they still feel they have a chance at the deadline, and waste some of their own instead.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yeah. That doesn?t make a ton of sense. Minnesota was going to get boned, regardless, but St Louis and Dallas didn?t need to be.
Phileas Fogg
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Did the two Canadian provinces (I think it was BC and QUE) drop their objections?
Guilt Trip
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Dallas sure didn't. Their longest flight is like 2 1/4 hours. Minny and St Louis have some long flights but the North division has the longest flights. Leafs, when they go west, their shortest flight is almost 2 1/2 to Winn. Their longest is 4 1/2 to Van. Calgary and Edm are also 4 hrs. Montreal is 5hrs to Van.herman said:
Teams are on chartered planes and they'll play 2 or 3 game sets so I really don't see travel being much of an issue when all is said and done.
My suggestion that Dallas and St. Louis swap divisions is less about logistical issues and more about their relationships to other teams. St. Louis' 3 biggest rivals are Chicago, Nashville, and Detroit. I'm not sure Dallas has any blood feuds exactly with other teams but I've always connected them more to Colorado and the west coast teams. It's like if Toronto got put into a division that didn't include Ottawa or Montreal.
Heroic Shrimp
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herman said:
Man if we don't destroy this division...
herman said:
Surely these two statements are unrelated.