commentary...

NHL Board of Governors meeting begins Monday,and Tuesday,at Pebble Beach,and out of it could come one of two realignment plans for next season... since Winnipeg is guaranteed,as part of getting team,to be moved to Western Conference,in 2012-2013,it could be a simple swap,of Detroit,Columbus,or Nashville,for Winnipeg,or it could be much more radical:removal of both conferences,and four divisions(one of eight teams,and one of seven teams)to both Eastern and Western coasts... like i said very radical... who knows? my guess would be the first choice,but there are teams,like Dallas,who would like to be more centralized in NHL,and Detroit,who does not like the trips out to West Coast,and Western Canada,as often as they do,now,and they were promised by Commissioner Gary Bettman,that if realignment happened,they would be in the Eastern Conference,and if you believe that i am making up that fact,this information has been known in NHL circles,for years... confirmation of this comes from many sources...