IMPORTANT: NHL discussion threads for 2010-11

[archibalduk]

Owing to the enormous popularity of last year's NHL Regular Season Thread, we have decided to split the discussion for this season into three threads. We hope that by doing this we will be able to encourage greater discussion and build upon the popularity of last season's discussion. We're going to give it a trial run - if things work fine then we'll stick with it. If they don't then we'll merge it all back into one thread.


Here is how it is going to work:


1) Official 10-11 NHL Eastern Conference Regular Season Thread - Use this thread to discuss anything relating to Eastern Conference Teams.

2) Official 10-11 NHL Western Conference Regular Season Thread - Use this thread to discuss anything relating to Western Conference Teams.

3) Official 10-11 NHL League-Wide Regular Season Thread - Use this thread to discuss anything that relates to the NHL in general. In other words, it's not specific to any particular team/conference/division.


The general idea is that the majority of discussion will take place in the Eastern and Western discussion threads. In most cases, discussion will fall within one or the other. For example, if you want to post something about the Buffalo Sabres then post it in the Eastern discussion thread.

We're not going to be strict in policing within which thread a user chooses to post. For example, if you want to discuss a game involving both a Western and an Eastern team (e.g. LA Kings v New York Rangers) then you may put it in either the Western or Eastern thread - just use your best judgement. Also, we don't mind if there's duplication of discussion between the two threads.

The NHL League-Wide Thread is more of a general thread to discuss league-wide issues and topics. Things like a particular game/team/player wouldn't fall within this thread.