((nhl.com))Hey hockey fan.
It appears the days of bizarre conference alignments may be over. Either that or your favorite team may be cutting their travel costs.
The NHL got their players association to sign off on a realignment proposal (no easy feat). That proposal would allow Columbus and Detroit to move to the Eastern Conference and Winnipeg (former ATL Thrashers) to move to the west.
The move would create a 16-team East and 14 team West, but wouldn't change the NHL Playoff system which allows roughly half its teams a playoff berth.
It still pending review by the league's Board of Governors and a final OK in 2014.
Read more from NHL.com RIGHT HERE
The move makes sense logistically. And really, getting either side of the fence to agree on anything when it comes to hockey is quite the accomplishment. It made no sense to have the teams aligned as they currently are.
We still think the NHL Playoff system is stupid, but that is our opinion. Allowing 16 of your 30 teams in kind of defeats the purpose.
But on the flipside, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are truly one of the greatest spectacles in Sport. They often provide the best storylines and almost always the most action.
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