re div and conf names in article apr ramsey cs laurentian ca maynard ramsey cs laurentian ca roger maynard writes there are several problems with the way the game is being presented to the fans i feel that geographical names would enhance regional loyalties more than names honouring personages i think a compromise would work namely honouring personages in conference names and using geographical references in the divisional names although i still do not think the move will draw fans to the game imo it s a cosmetic change that bettman and the owners hope will have an effect and it doesn t say much for the mentality of anybody it works on either another thing that bothers me is the points system percentages as used in the other major sports are clearly more informative when i look at the nhl standings the first thing i have to do is make a quick calculation to account for games in hand which is almost always the case some will object to percentages claiming perhaps that it is an americanization of the sport surprise i agree totally the points system is fine if everybody at all times has played the same number of games since this is almost never the case winning percentage is the way to go i don t particularly care if it is an american thing either if it works dchhabra stpl ists ca
