Contracted Teams
Tampa Bay
Carolina
Phoenix
Atlanta
Nashville
Florida
Minor Realigment
Detroit to the East
My New, 24-Team NHL
Eastern Conference: Division 1
Detroit
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Philadelphia
Washington
Divison 2
New Jersey
NY Islanders
NY Rangers
Buffalo
Boston
Pittsburgh
Western Conference: Division 1
Columbus
St. Louis
Dallas
Chicago
Minnesota
Colorado
Division 2
Anaheim
San Jose
Los Angeles
Edmonton
Calgary
Phoenix
*Only 12 teams make the playoffs, 6 from each conference. Top 2 seeds get a 1st Bye and the 1st Round is a best of three.
*NO SHOOTOUTS. One, 15-minute Overtime period. If no scoring, game's a tie
*Take out the NERF aspects of the new NHL
*Gary Bettman is drawn and quartered
*As said above, do whatever it takes to get back on ESPN. If the first year or two nets no rights fee, so be it. If ESPN doesn't give a rights fee, look to put the league on other networks at the same time. Every other league is on multiple channels.