10 Dec 2014 19:53:13
How I see the divisions aligning with the addition of Las Vegas (yes people, it's happening):

Atlantic:

Boston
Quebec City (formerly Florida Panthers)
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Buffalo
Detroit
Columbus

Metropolitan:

NY Rangers
NY Islanders
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington
Carolina
Tampa Bay

Central:

Winnipeg
Minnesota
Chicago
St. Louis
Nashville
Dallas
Colorado
Arizona

Pacific

Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Seattle (Expansion team)
San Jose
Los Angeles
Anaheim
Las Vegas (Expansion team)

1.) 10 Dec 2014
10 Dec 2014 20:34:53
its happening, but its still 2 years away at the least.

2.) 10 Dec 2014
Agreed expansion is happening,

This is just a move that makes sense to me and if you read in between the lines it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out.

Quebec city is building a state of the art stadium that will hold 23,000

So is Toronto (in Markham)

The NBA Milwaukee Bucks sold in October with owners intension to move them to Seattle, with a stadium that could host an NHL team.

Potential Las Vegas owner has just been granted permission by Bettman to do market research on the Vegas market for an NHL franchise.

Just an educated guess but I think the NHL will expand 2 teams, and relocate 2 teams (flordia and PHO)

In the Next 5 years we will have a 32 team league with Seattle, Quebec, Vegas and Toronto as the new franchises. Flo and PHO will be gone.

Love or hate Bettman he is a genius when it comes to being commissioner of the NHL and has grown the league into what it is today. Expansion is happening!

3.) 10 Dec 2014
Actually the Atlantic can be changed to the North East Division and the Metropolitan can be changed to the Atlantic Division now.

4.) 11 Dec 2014
11 Dec 2014 18:32:36
thatd be a good idea CanadaEh, good to get rid of the nam metroplitan division.