Reading the article it could be even more bizarre than that:

"The two fourth seeds would be made up of the wild-card teams. The top division winner based on regular-season points in the standings would face off against the lower-ranked wild-card team. The other division winner would play the higher-ranked wild-card."

Therefore, you could have 4 teams from each division make it and have the 2 wildcard teams cross-over in the first round (each out of division), if those cross-over teams won the division they crossed into you could end up with 2 (or 4) teams winning a division they were not a part of.

Example: Chicago wins the Mid-West and 1st in the Western Conference (1 seed), Vancouver wins the Pacific(2 seed). Nashville finishes 7th out of 14 in the West and LA finishes 8th. Under the wording above LA (8) cross-over to play Chicago (1) and Nashville (7) plays Vancouver (2). If both upset twice LA would win the Mid-West and Nashville the Pacific, these 2 would now play for the Western Conference Championship. Bizarre.

I suspect they add a rule that if 4 teams per division make it they go by division and not wildcard spots.

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12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster 3 goalie start minimum
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA
C: Stamkos,Thornton, Riberio, Stepan, Desharnais, Clune
LW: Moulson, Dupuis, Prust,
RW: Kessel, P. Kane, Wheeler, Stempniak
D: Hamonic, Zidlicky, Franson, Muzzin
G: Bryzgalov, Hiller, Fasth

i would prefer if they just stuck with conference playoffs and keep 15 teams on each side.

Am I the only one who is pissed off that Florida is completely getting screwed here? Come on guys, Florida is not in the North! I'll fix it. Move NYR and NYI to the North. BOOM! Problem solved. Only team getting screwed then is NJD and they still have Philly and Pitt as rivals so big deal. But this realignment is just not fair to the FLA teams.

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H2H Each Cat - Yahoo - 14 teams - Cap Hit
Start: 2C 2LW 2RW 4D 2U 2G 7B
Cats: G A +- PIM SOG PPG PPA SHP GWG FW HIT W GAA SV SV% SO
Svalbard Armored Bears:
C: Getz, M Richards(LW), Turdis, Little
LW: Kovy(RW), Moulson, Kunitz, _
RW: Eriksson(LW), Clarkson, _, _
D: Pietrangelo, JJ, Streit, Spurgeon, Brodie, Nikitin
G: Lundqvist, Holtby, Harding
JV: Tarasenko, Bishop, Eakin, Killorn, Grigorgenko, Grimaldi, Collberg, Faksa, Lindholm, Irving

yup the florida teams do not belong in the north

either the two NY teams or Pitt and Cls are the teams that should end up in the north imo

This works nicely for the FLA teams. They fill their seats when the likes of Leafs, Canadiens and Red Wings are playing there a lot more. There's a lot of fans of those O6-teams living in Florida. They'll bring their $$$ right to the pockets of FLA-teams.

Moving NYR and NYI to the North would break them from NJD. Now that would make no sense! And you simply can't break the PIT-PHI rivalry. Nor PHI-NYR rivalry. FLA-teams with in the North is the only way this works.

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UHL Pittsburgh Penguins

24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League Daily
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team

C- Tavares, Stepan, Hodgson, Shaw, Bjugstad
LW- Ryan, Perron, Downie, Killorn, Rinaldo
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Frattin, Boyes
D- Pietrangelo, JJ, Bogosian, EJ, Josi, Cowen, Muzzin
G- Lehtonen

F: Granlund, Silfverberg, Jensen, Dalpe, Bowman, Knight, Fasth, JAM
D: Beaulieu, Koekkoek, Gelinas, Pysyk, McCabe, Irwin
G: Nilsson, Nilstorp, Ramo, Berra, Brossoit, Gibson

Detroit fans would prefer otherwise

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

Everything Carcillo is saying here makes perfect sense. The whole Atlantic Division has become inseparable unlike any other in the league.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

So the NHLPA has approved the NHLs realignment proposal.

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/s...93235419660288
https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/s...93418228428800

god i hate this....

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1 year H2H league, 12 teams
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G

G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO

C: Getzlaf, Krejci, Kesler
LW: Hartnell, Pacioretty, Datsyuk, Cammalleri
RW: St. Louis, Giroux, Clowe
D: Subban, Voynov, Yandle, Eckman-Larsson
G: Price, Niemi, Hiller

IR: Spezza

For Drunk Fantasy Hockey Banter Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxanfBNJYP8

Not the greatest news for Leaf fans, but I for one am really looking forward to seeing the Wings come to town more often

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12 Teams, Points Only (G/A = 1, DG = 2, W = 2, SO = 1)

The Motherpuckers (5 NYR, 2 PIT, 3 VAN)
Forwards: Neal / Iginla / Nash / Richards / Stepan / Roy / Higgins
Defense: Del Zotto / Garrison
Goalies: Lundqvist