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  • How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

    Based on this year and not knowing what early departures are soon to come:

    1. HE
    2. NCHC
    3. ECAC
    4. Big Ten
    5. WCHA
    6. AHA

    Depth of the leagues will be harder to judge with smaller leagues in the west and soon to be 3 twelve team leagues basically filled with Eastern teams. Due to this, the hardest one for me to place was the Big Ten.
    Last edited by johnk; 04-01-2013, 12:36 PM.

  • #2
    Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

    Alphabetically.



    Okay, seriously, it'll be
    1. NCHC
    2. All the others now that we've brushed off all the WCHA riff raff except one (here's looking at you, UMD!) and taken in the only two quality CCHA teams out there.
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    • #3
      Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

      1.CCHA
      2.Norris Division
      3.A.L. West
      4.Hockey East
      5. Big Ten
      6.Baltimore Ravens
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      • #4
        Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

        1. Hockey Rast
        2. Everyone else
        Originally posted by SJHovey
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        • #5
          Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

          By height
          tUMD is Jan Brady per Brenthoven. Whew.... thanks for clearing THAT up.

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          • #6
            Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

            By the number of schools that formerly had racist mascots.
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            • #7
              Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

              1. Ylae
              2. Everyone else
              3. WHCA

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              • #8
                Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                Hmmm....

                1. ECAC
                2. Minnesota High School Hockey!
                3. Midget Voltron
                4. Hockey Rast (once {Proviced leaves)
                5. The grisly spectre of the CCHA
                6. Hufflepuff's quidditch team (post Cedric Diggory)
                7. The AFC West
                8. Whatever division of Scottish football Rangers ended up in
                9. The CHA for some reason
                10. BC's scrimmages
                11. Freddy Meyer

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                • #9
                  Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                  Originally posted by SCSU Euro View Post
                  By height
                  No, that's how you measure yourself against other golfers.
                  "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

                  "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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                  • #10
                    Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                    Toss up 1-3 with Big Ten, HE and NCHC
                    4. ECAC
                    5. WCHA
                    6. AHA
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                    • #11
                      Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                      Originally posted by Jon View Post
                      Hmmm....

                      1. ECAC
                      2. Minnesota High School Hockey!
                      3. Midget Voltron
                      4. Hockey Rast (once {Proviced leaves)
                      5. The grisly spectre of the CCHA
                      6. Hufflepuff's quidditch team (post Cedric Diggory)
                      7. The AFC West
                      8. Whatever division of Scottish football Rangers ended up in
                      9. The CHA for some reason
                      10. BC's scrimmages
                      11. Freddy Meyer
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                      • #12
                        Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                        1. He
                        2. Nchc
                        3. B10
                        4. Ecac
                        5. Wcha
                        6. Ah
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                        • #13
                          Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                          1. Hockey East
                          2. NCHC
                          3. B1G
                          4. ECAC
                          5. WCHA
                          6. AH
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                          • #14
                            Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                            Originally posted by dubbie31 View Post
                            1. Hockey East
                            2. NCHC
                            3. B1G
                            4. ECAC
                            5. WCHA
                            6. AH
                            That would be my prediction too. UMass Lowell and Miami Ohio could be the top two in preseason ranking, fwiw.

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                            • #15
                              Re: How would you rank the conferences going into next year?

                              The top three will be the NCHC, Hockey East, and the Big Ten. There are two ways to rank the conferences.

                              Success/talent:
                              1) NCHC
                              2) HOCKEY EAST
                              3) BIG TEN

                              Profile/reach/tv coverage:
                              1) BIG TEN
                              2) HOCKEY EAST
                              3) NCHC

                              Time will tell whether the profile/reach of the Big Ten lifts up all the teams in this conference at the expense of the NCHC teams. As I speculated in my topic "Did UND lose in conference realignment", the Big Ten could lead to the rise of Penn-State and Ohio State and the resurrection of a program like Wisconsin (which has been a little cold for a few years) at the expense of programs like UND and Denver. Especially if Gwoz moves to a Big Ten program, it could give the NCHC a tier 2 feeling even though the talent currently exceeds all conferences.

                              After these three, its probably a toss-up between the WCHA and ECAC (slight-adv. to ECAC).

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