Here’s a look at what’s in store now that the NHL’s has approved realignment and finally sifted Columbus and Detroit to the Eastern Conference and moved Winnipeg to the Western Conference where it belongs:
NEW ALIGNMENT
Western Conference
Division A: Kings, Ducks, Calgary, Edmonton, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver.
Division B: Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Nashville, Minnesota, St. Louis, Winnipeg.
Eastern Conference
Division C: Boston. Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto.
Division D: Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington.
OLD ALIGNMENT
Western Conference
Pacific: Kings, Ducks, Dallas, Phoenix, San Jose.
Central: Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Nashville, St. Louis.
Northwest: Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Minnesota, Vancouver.
Eastern Conference
Atlantic: New Jersey, N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh.
Northeast: Boston, Buffalo, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto.
Southeast: Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay, Washington, Winnipeg.