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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]
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.
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.
Of the players on the list, 39 are centremen, 21 are defencemen, 15 are goaltenders, 15 are right wingers and 10 are left wingers. [3] There are 21 players who started their NHL career in the decade of the 1980s, and 22 who last played in the NHL during the decade of the 2000s, the most by decade for each category.
Factors like inferior athleticism obviously benefitted players of several decades ago, which has to be accounted for, too. Below, we tried our hand at ranking the 25 best NBA players ever.
The NBA tipped off its 75th anniversary season with its list of the top-75 greatest players in league history. However, because of a tie in the voting, 76 players made the list.
By PATRICK SCHMIDT FanSided The last 20 years have seen NBA contracts balloon to heights not seen before. Here are the 20 players who are at the top of the list of NBA career earnings.
The realignment continued on July 20, 2011, when Northern Michigan was approved for membership in the WCHA beginning with the 2013-2014 season. [20] On August 23, 2011 members of the WCHA and CCHA met in Chicago, Illinois in reaction to the 2011 college hockey realignment. [21] The WCHA then sent invitations to the five remaining CCHA schools.