NHL Schedule changed for 2008-09 season

by RowlandNJ

According to NHL.com the proposed schedule change for next year was approved by the NHL Board of Governors today.

For those of you who don't know the details of the proposed change, teams will now play against every other team in the league at least once.  Division opponents will face each other 6 times instead of 8, and will play every team in the opposing conference at least once either home or away.  The remaining 3 games will be "at large" inter-conference match ups.

Pittsburgh GunnyMajor Leaguer

732 days ago

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Hooray, it was about time, good move by the NHL.

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

530 days ago

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i do not understand why the nhl cant have teams play the other conf teams 2 times the nba does it.....nhl did it for years and years ....1 time is not enough

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The PipDiv-I Stud

732 days ago

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What was the old format?

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Tyrone BriggsHall of Famer

732 days ago

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I think it was that the Penguins and Devils played against each other at least 3 times per week?

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Pittsburgh GunnyMajor Leaguer

732 days ago

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Tyrone hit it pretty much square on the head.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

732 days ago

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Each team played the other teams in their divisions 8 times and rarely got out of the confrence. So teams in the West still haven't seen Crosby or Ovetchkin (SP). If the league wants to survive it needs to market those two. Gretzky Vs. Mario version 2.0.

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FrankDDiv-I Stud

731 days ago

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Yeah, it was each team in your division gets played 8 times. Then it was each other team in the conference but not in your division four times each, and then two divisions (10 teams) from the other conference one time each. Frankly, I like the idea of everyone playing everyone else. It freshens it up, lets you see the other talents around the league too.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

731 days ago

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Ya know with 80+ games playing each team in the other conference twice is not a big deal. One home, one away. I think that's how the NBA has done it for decades. The whole point of playing that many games is to give every team in the league a chance to play each other.

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The PipDiv-I Stud

732 days ago

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For the record, I am in favor of these informational articles.

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CRS-ONEVarsity Captain

732 days ago

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This sounds like a good idea. It'll definitely help freshen things up. Like Tryone said, it always looks like the same teams are always playing each other.

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Steel TownDraft Pick

732 days ago

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They are also probably going to open with four games in europe. Two in stockholm and two in Prauge. Prauge will be Rangers Vs. Lightning and the Stockholm is the Penguins Vs. someone.

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FrankDDiv-I Stud

731 days ago

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I hear rumor has it Pens vs Senators

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

731 days ago

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Hooray! I got confused a few weeks ago. I saw that Detroit had beaten Chicago, and I wondered why NHL.com had put the result up a few days later. It turned out they had played again, with the same result.

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CityhockeyfeverVarsity Captain

731 days ago

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Thankfully, we seen a change of heart with the NHL not so focused on divisional games. I would've been happy with 7 games vs. each division rival to compromise between the old and new schedule formats (then the team with four home games one year has three the next year against a particular opponent). As long as I get to see my team play everybody else at least once per season, I'm happy.

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