Talk:Timeline of the National Hockey League

Re-name?

The article's current title is a bit cryptic. This article is largely about expansion. How about re-naming the article something like "NHL Expansion" or "Expansion of the National Hockey League"? CUA 27 (talk) 12:07, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

No, because it also lists team contractions, mergers and folds, Zzyzx11 (talk) 23:15, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Sharks

The San Jose Sharks are referred to as an expansion team but they really are not. The Sharks are an ownership dispute that saw the Minnesota North Stars split and most Sharks were taken directly from the North Stars. Some people even refer to this as the return of the Seals franchise (California/Oakland -> Cleveland -> Minnesota -> San Jose) Kav2001c (talk) 08:27, 2 June 2021 (UTC)kav2001c

I thought that the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas and became the Stars. I was not aware that they split. Can you point me to an article? Assadzadeh (talk) 04:04, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

@Assadzadeh: The editor that created this discussion just mixed multiple sources and came to the conclusion above, which is WP:SYNTH and there is no place for that on Wikipedia. – sbaio 10:00, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

Potential move to "Timeline of the National Hockey League"

Every single 'timeline' page for each of the major North American leagues have been named as such, so a page move to Timeline of the National Hockey League, which right now redirects to the timeline graph (in the history article), would make this article consistent with other pages. Examples:

• Timeline of the National Football League
• Timeline of the National Basketball Association
• Timeline of Major League Baseball

Soccer Tees (talk) 17:00, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

I agree with this move. Is something preventing it from occurring? Assadzadeh (talk) 03:53, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

I can't move the page because there is an existing redirect that leads to the history page that I can't delete to move this page, so I sent a request at Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests Soccer Tees (talk) 17:21, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

Because this article isn't about the timeline. Jmj713 (talk) 21:02, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

It certainly is, just like the ones for the NBA, NFL, and MLB Assadzadeh (talk) 21:07, 28 November 2024 (UTC)