[sadler]

NHL 23 is quite rightly taking some pain for the copy/paste job and issues around presentation. However the custom league feature is a nice addition and renaming Conferences/Divisions is a nice touch. I thought it would be a good idea for people to post their set up to inspire/give ideas to others.

Here's mine (a 2022/early 90s hybrid set up):

28 NHL Teams (14 East/14 West):

East:

Patrick Division:

NYR
NYI
NJD
PHI
PIT
WAS
BUF

Adams Division:

TOR
MON
TB
BOS
HAR (Created team - Whalers have replaced Carolina using their roster)
QUE (Created team - Nordiques have replaced Florida using their roster)
OTT

West:

Norris Division:

DET
MIN
DAL
WPG
STL
CHI
COL


Smythe Division:

ARI
ANA
SJ
LAK
VAN
CGY
EDM


- 82 game schedule
- 14 games v opposite conference (only 1 game a season versus the opposite conference)
- 36 divisional games (3 home/3 away against the other 6 in your division)
- 32 games versus the other division ( 4 or 5 games against each team)

Play Off Qualification is the old system of the top 8 in each conference with a re-seeding each round to ensure the highest seed plays the lowest.

2 pts for a win
OT is 5 v 5
1 point for a tie after OT
0 points for a loss

As you can see the 90s flavour comes in the form of Hartford and Quebec, the ties in regular season games, conference heavy schedule and the play off format.

Seattle, Florida, Carolina, Nashville, Vegas and Columbus are out.

I'm currently testing it out and all looks ok, the schedule is working well.