If it is still up for discussion with divisons i think it would be awesome to instead have a league system that is almost identical too the real NHL, same amount off teams, team names,, divisons and conferences as identical. If not 82 games(if that would be too much) then 41. Team names is Anaheim, Arizona and so on.
Teams that finnish as the last 4 for example in regular season will be degraded too AHL(?) and top 4 from AHL will take their place next season.
As Billy would say, You have none honour as mutes, so What say you?