Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightnings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Montreal Canadians, New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils
Can't say much for your spelling, but as of the All-Star Break, the worst team statistically is the Tampa Bay Lightning with Toronto and Buffalo only 3 points better.
2 Eastern conference and Western Conference
16 - 8 teams from the Eastern Conference, 8 teams from the Western Conference
16: 8 from Eastern Conference and 8 from Western Conference
AnswerNo, the Wild and Blue Jackets were the 29th and 30th teams to enter the NHL. They entered the league in the 2000-2001 season and both were placed in the Western Conference to balance the number of teams in each conference. The season prior there were 15 teams in the Eastern Conference and 13 in the Western Conference. There never has been more than 30 teams in the NHL.
Right now the NHL is structured into two conferences: an Eastern Conference and a Western Conference.Each of these Conferences has three divisions with five teams eachEastern Conference: (15 teams)Atlantic Division (5 teams)Northeast Division (5 teams)Southeast Division (5 teams)Western Conference: (15 Teams)Central Division (5 teams)Northwest Division (5 teams)Pacific Division (5 teams)A Total of 30 teams.
this used to be possible, but now the Stanley Cup Finals are between an eastern conference team and a western conference team
To make the nhl playoffs you have to be the top team in your division or in the top 5 teams in your conference besides the division champions. 8 teams are taken from each conference.
The NHL is made up of thirty (30) teams, six (6) are located in Canada and twentyfour (24) in the US. These teams are divided into two (2) conferences; East and West, and are comprised of fifteen (15) teams each. Those fifteen (15) teams in each conference are further divided into three (3) divisions each; the Atlantic, Northeast and Southeast in the Eastern Conference and the Central, Northwest, and Pacific in the Western Conference. For further team informastion, please visit the official NHL website at www.NHL.com.
Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Washington Capitals, and Winnipeg Jets
16 total, 8 in each conference
The math, assuming all teams are created equal, seems simple. Each conference in the NHL sends eight teams to the playoffs. That means that 57 percent (8-of-14) of Western teams will make the postseason, and only 50 percent (8-of-16) of Eastern teams will do so.
Some say that the Detroit Red Wings are in the Western Conference because of the locations of the Eastern Conference teams. The Red Wings want to be in the Eastern Conference because then they wouldn't have to go on all the west coast trips they take every year to play teams like Anaheim and San Jose. Actually it is because of their original location in the early years of the NHL. Detroit and Chicago are the farthest west of all of the original 6 teams. This is the reason why both were and are still currently in the Western Conference