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The NHL realignment is official. The Islanders will have new neighbors, and compete in a larger conference. This isn't a bad thing. Good teams will still make the playoffs.

We'd like to welcome our new division rivals by telling them how it works around here.

With the uneven conferences in the new NHL realignment scenario, the league is obviously looking at expansion. If they were a successful company, this is probably how they would likely go about doing that.

New NHL realignment sees the Southeast Division get the axe and the Florida Panthers move to the new Central Division with Tampa Bay and six teams based in the Northeast.

Can Huberdeau, Shore & Mueller improve on combined six points (3G) from last outing against Washington? Find out in this evening's chat...

Welcome to the hood.

The NHL formally announced their realignment plan earlier today. How will the new format impact the Oilers' quest to return to the post season in the years ahead?

The latest realignment murmurs again reconstitute the Patrick Division -- and also move Columbus from one Toughest Division in Hockey to the other.

In which I look at the historical head-to-head results for the 4 newly proposed conferences and rank the teams in them based on these results.