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The relocation of the former Atlanta Thrashers franchise to the current Winnipeg Jets in 2011 prompted the league to discuss realignment. On December 5, 2011, the NHL Board of Governors approved a conference realignment plan that would eliminate the current six-division setup and move into a four-conference structure from the 2012–13 season. [1]
The NHL fought the WHA for players, losing 67 to the new league in its first season of 1972–73, [47] including the Chicago Black Hawks' Bobby Hull, who signed a 10-year, $2.5 million contract with the Winnipeg Jets, then the largest in hockey history. [48]
Locations of National Hockey League (NHL) teams, marked by conference, of the proposed 2013–2014 realignment. US states/Canadian provinces with teams marked. (New York State has teams in two different divisions, so it has been marked with stripes) Date: 26 February 2013, 18:40 (UTC) Source: Map_of_USA_and_Canada,_NHL,zoom.svg; Map_of_USA_and ...
However, on January 6, 2012, the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) rejected that proposed realignment. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] A new joint NHL-NHLPA plan was proposed in February 2013 as a modification of the previous plan with both the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings moving to the East and the Winnipeg Jets moving to the West.
From 1994 to 2013, the top eight teams in each conference made the playoffs, with the division winners being guaranteed the top seeds (top two from 1994 to 1998 and top three from 1999 to 2013) and home ice in the first round regardless of record. A new playoff format was introduced as part of the 2013 realignment.
The National Hockey League's Metropolitan Division (often referred to simply as the "Metro Division") was formed in 2013 as one of the two divisions in the Eastern Conference as part of a league realignment. [1] It is also a successor of the original Atlantic Division and one of the two successors to the Southeast Division.
As of 2014, the Sixers have the third most wins in NBA history. [22] The franchise began in 1946, as the Syracuse Nationals in the National Basketball League (NBL). In 1949, the Nationals were one of seven NBL teams that merged with the BAA to form the NBA. The franchise won its first championship in 1955, as the Nationals.
The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.