CBJ Board realignment discussion II (Jackets officially to the Atlantic Division)
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Fro
Cheatin on CBJ w TBL
yeah but most of them are just idiots...still capped by the one early in the season asking why Lidstrom wasn't on the ice...
Matthew
OK Boomer
Hawkeye19 made his choice and changed his named to Cyborg Yzerman.
If anybody remembers who Hawkeye19 is.
Robert
Foligno family
Now that the Jackets are in the East expect some tough great hockey... most of the Eastern teams have been around a long time and have great dedicated fans... put on your seat belt for next season CBJ fan..
CBJ revenues will, and I say will! increase significantly next season....
CBJ revenues will, and I say will! increase significantly next season....
Matthew
OK Boomer
CapnCornelius
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Another reason to hate Flyers fans. We still get to hate the Wings as an added bonus.
Will not miss the Preds. Just not having to go to Bridgestone Arena so often is good news for this team.
Will not miss the Preds. Just not having to go to Bridgestone Arena so often is good news for this team.
Sore Loser
Sorest of them all
Not every day you see a Burt Reynolds post on the boards ... let alone a Smoky and the Bandit.
Well done, sir.
Robert
Foligno family
I never cared for the Preds or the Dispatch manufactured rivalry... Philly will be a treat as well as Buffalo, Boston etc....... oh, Jacket fan better get used to drunk enemy fans invading Nationwide.. Hardcore NHL fan reality is coming...
My 17 year-old said it best tonight...
"We're gonna get our as**s kicked, but it's gonna be fun to watch!"
"We're gonna get our as**s kicked, but it's gonna be fun to watch!"
Robert
Foligno family
Yeah, this Rimer stuff about the Jackets doing well vs the East in past history (true as it was) is false expectation... Until now the Eastern teams knew little of the Jackets other than an easy win and played half hearted...
Next season the East will be ready for the Jackets, they will be forced to take them seriously with so many games at stake. Buckle up Jacket boys...
IBleedUnionBlue
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Don't like this at all. Playoff disparity. Further travel for CBJ fans that enjoy going to away games. I dont think this is good competitively since it appears Detroit & Nashville are down. And I really dont like some of these fanbases invading NWA.
This is really about TV ratings, and the front office believing this will sell more seats. In the end, I really think a whole lot of fans are going to be disappointed in this realignment.
This is really about TV ratings, and the front office believing this will sell more seats. In the end, I really think a whole lot of fans are going to be disappointed in this realignment.
Sore Loser
Sorest of them all
I disagree. I think we will see more natural rivalries - let's face it, the Nat is at it's best when Detroit comes to town, and now we will have a whole division of teams close enough that there will be fans of them in the area. Remember: ticket sales are still ticket sales, whether or not they are Jacket fans. And, when it comes down to it, if the Arena isn't full, the team won't last for long. Think of it as a way of preserving them until they can (hopefully) show some improvement, and then you will see more Jackets fans in the arena - regardless of who they are playing.
Also, not personally buying into the playoff disparity thing. It's one more team than they have currently had in the West ... I don't think it will make that big of a difference. To really be competitive in this league, the team is going to have to - at some point - be able to compete with and beat the best. Hoping to play in a weak division is no way to build a successful, championship caliber team.
Robert
Foligno family
Nationwide games are going to evolve for the better in my opinion.... being so close many more team fans will come to Columbus...
But think of the benefit to local vendors and City.... and the maturation of casual Jacket Fan as well; it's a good thing no matter how one slices the cake.
Holocene
Registered User
Welcome to the Atlantic, CBJ fans! I'm happy I'll get to catch more Jackets games still rooting for my boys Dubi and Arty.
Robert
Foligno family
.... You read the boards eh, you will know the Jackets well after a few years...and John Davidson! Here is the playoff seeding if it were to start today in next year's format (order determined by points per game):
Orr/Adams conference
Boston (1) v Ottawa (WC)
Montreal (2) v Toronto (3)
Atlantic/Lemieux/Patrick conference
Pittsburgh (1) v Detroit (WC)
NY Rangers (2) v Carolina (3)
Central/Norris/Howe conference
Chicago (1) v Minnesota (WC)
St. Louis (2) v Dallas (3)
Pacific/Gretzky/Smythe conference
Anaheim (1) v San Jose (WC)
Los Angeles (2) v Vancouver (3)
This excites me. Intra-divisional playoffs = more bloody hate fests.
Orr/Adams conference
Boston (1) v Ottawa (WC)
Montreal (2) v Toronto (3)
Atlantic/Lemieux/Patrick conference
Pittsburgh (1) v Detroit (WC)
NY Rangers (2) v Carolina (3)
Central/Norris/Howe conference
Chicago (1) v Minnesota (WC)
St. Louis (2) v Dallas (3)
Pacific/Gretzky/Smythe conference
Anaheim (1) v San Jose (WC)
Los Angeles (2) v Vancouver (3)
This excites me. Intra-divisional playoffs = more bloody hate fests.
The Zetterberg Era
Ball Hockey Sucks
It is a good thing they don't drive anywhere like it is the AHL or something as far as the team.
You might want to look up flight times and then the rest of the conference.
For instance when the Wings played the Ducks in the playoffs the year they played Pittsburgh. They traveled more miles and flight time in their seven game series than Pittsburgh did the entire playoffs including Detroit in the finals.
Really excited to go to the East and glad Columbus got to go as well. Eastern time zone teams shouldn't be in the West.
I apologize if you drive to a bunch of away games, the only reason this would be important. By the way the cities you're traveling to have lots of stuff to do and should be fun and new.
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I like this very much. Starting next season, I'll get to go watch the Jackets live a heckuva lot more than I'm able to now.
It's not really about TV ratings. It's really about time zones. and logic.
Ceff Jarter
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I'm sorry but your opinion is wrong. This realignment is absolutely essential for growing the franchise.
To get people interested in the team they need as much exposure as possible (spear me that horrible team / scare fans away jokes). Not even our most hardcore fans get to catch all of our late starts. We need this.
I like it but I'm torn by it. I'm a die hard Pens fan who really likes CBJ as my team in the West. Now, same division, I get to see them more but it's hard to cheer for two teams in the same division. I guess you fans will have me anytime they aren't playing the Pens.
However, it makes for more chances to come to your great city too. I was there a few times, years ago, but never since I've over 21. Next season I'll be asking what are good bars for pre and post-game. I'm excited!
However, it makes for more chances to come to your great city too. I was there a few times, years ago, but never since I've over 21. Next season I'll be asking what are good bars for pre and post-game. I'm excited!
KeithBWhittington
Going North
Oh, with the league revisiting it in 2015, you definitely try to impose a little western conference style play on them, at least until it proves useless.
I love the move, but at the same time, am a bit saddened. Most of games I'm able to watch in their entireity are away games out of the time zone as I work M-F later in the afternoon. I guess I better starting looking for a first shift job.
Oxide
Registered User
Welcome to the East, in the small amount of games Pittsburgh and Columbus have had against each other; there seems to be a chance a great rivalry will spawn from being in the same division.
Nanabijou
Booooooooooone
I'm excited to be in the Eastern conference, but I'm not sure it's going to be as big a change as some think here. This isn't like in baseball with a move from the American league to the National league.
With the proposed home-and-home against every team, we will still have to play against the Western teams on a regular basis. Doing the math, we may see teams from the West in Nationwide as much as we see the teams, like Detroit, from the other East division.
If we play the other 7 teams in our division 6 times, that's 42 games. If we then have a home-and-home against the other 22 teams, that's 44 games. So, that's 86 games with this possible schedule. I wasn't sure why Porty was saying last night on TV that this realignment was the best-case scenario for the CBJ because Detroit also came east. I'm not sure we'd play them any less if they had stayed west.
There's no question that it is an improvement for travel and time zone games compared to what we have now.
With the proposed home-and-home against every team, we will still have to play against the Western teams on a regular basis. Doing the math, we may see teams from the West in Nationwide as much as we see the teams, like Detroit, from the other East division.
If we play the other 7 teams in our division 6 times, that's 42 games. If we then have a home-and-home against the other 22 teams, that's 44 games. So, that's 86 games with this possible schedule. I wasn't sure why Porty was saying last night on TV that this realignment was the best-case scenario for the CBJ because Detroit also came east. I'm not sure we'd play them any less if they had stayed west.
There's no question that it is an improvement for travel and time zone games compared to what we have now.
From this morning's paper:
"The new alignment would come with a new schedule matrix. The Blue Jackets would play two games against each club in the Western Conference (28), three games against each club in the other Eastern Conference division, the Central (24), and the remaining 30 games within the Atlantic Division."
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