re re alignnment expansion in article c zhj xb idacom hp com andrew idacom hp com andrew scott writes in article apr nntpd cxo dec com nixdorf etre eric nixdorf writes looking at the way the divisions were re aligned there are six teams each in the central norris and pacific smyth divisions while there are seven teams each in the northeast adams and atlantic patrick divisions the thought occurs to me that inherent in the realignment is expansion of one team in the central division and one team in the pacific division although i ve seen nothing published that indicates that actually when the nhl expansion committee was formed a couple of years back before the ottawa and tampa bay expansion john zeigler stated at the time that it was the nhl s expansion plan to grow to teams per division by the turn of the century andrew scott andrew idacom hp com hp idacom telecom division ext during the roman era was considered old last night during a sharks broadcast commissioner bettman was interviewed during the first intermission he made no bones about it the expansion to is on permanent hold until he is satisfied that the current allotment of are fully stable this means that cities looking for a club in the foreseeable future will have to wait until one team in some location fails or looks to relocate this is good imo there s no sense in expanding if it only means more failing franchises are in the mold tom galvin galvint taurus cs nps navy mil
