The Wings have been looking to get into the Eastern Conference for some time now. It would eliminate the long West coast road trips that always seem to burn them out during the season and also keep Wings fans from having to stay up to all hours of the night during those 10:30pm playoff starts. It would also allow them to rekindle rivalries with four of the original six teams that are currently in the East, most notably Toronto. The only real negative to the whole thing is that the West would lose their most storied team and get the Thrashers in return. We'd also probably watch the Wings/Hawks rivalry fade away but if I'm getting the B's, Rangers, Habs, and Leafs in return, I'll take it.
PS - If Columbus gets the nod to switch conferences I'd understand it because they're slightly further East but giving it to Nashville makes no sense.
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