Really NHL? 4 conferences? Really?

COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY!

This is utter stupidity! 

Seriously.

Okay. So I get the teams concern about traveling and all that jazz. But seriously. It's jank.

Why are the FL teams in the same conferences as Buffalo and Boston and all them fools? How is that alleviating geographic stress?

Would four conferences do away with the Circus trip?

NHL....what kind of stupidity are you running up there? Address the fans, broski. Address the fans. Plenty of them think this is over doing it.

Maybe it's just a classic reaction to change. A immediate cry of, "Resist the man!" But in this case, I think it's warranted.

"The four conferences are designed to alleviate geographic concerns among several current Western Conference teams that had been unhappy about their extensive travel through one, two, and sometimes even three time zones. Some of those teams argued that the late start of road games in the Pacific time zone were affecting fan interest, especially among younger fans."

Part of the hockey appeal is that they do this rough and tough sport with a crazy schedule.

Also, y'all are FREAKIN NHL TEAMS. You make money. It's not affecting fan interest.

Let's be honest. As a young person not to far out of my teens, I can tell you that if a kid wants to watch a sports game, they're going to watch it. They'll find a way to sneak and watch it. Or follow it online. Either way, they're finding out about the game.

If we want to make an argument about fan interest, how about this: Uh... why do I have to pay for extra channels to be able to watch 90% of the games of the regular season? Even the games in my division get bumped for other things. I barely see the Canes games. And can someone explain why I saw a Preds game on FSSO if we're the Eastern and they aren't?

I follow most games online because the games I want to see aren't played in my region. I'm 6 hours from Carolina and Nashville yet I barely see their games. That's not helping fan interest. Screw WHERE they're playing. I want to see the Canes games. All of them.

(And I'm not stupid. I know networks have contracts with teams about how many and which games they will be able to air exclusively. But I'm bitter so get over it.)

Heck. Even when the Thrashers were here, I didn't get to see all of their games. What. The. Heck.

Okay. Enough ranting and raving about the stupidity of the NHL peeps. Time to offer a solution. One I've shared in numerous places and have seen others also state on their own....

My solution as shared on the NHL Facebook page:
 Making this WAY more difficult than it is. Move Peg to Central in Western and then either the Blues or the Preds to Southeastern in Eastern. Preds make more sense cause of geography but the Blues make more sense to keep the conference like it was when the Thrashers were here. There's no need for four conferences!