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The Carolina Hurricanes open up the 2013 season in the same league and same conference, but in a different division. With the new realignment plan the teams are now split into 2 conferences(East and West) and 2 divisions within each conference. The realignment has moved Detroit and Columbus to the Eastern Conference and Winnipeg to the Western Conference. The reasoning behind this is obviously so teams can play others in their time zone. Above is a map of the new realignment to help illustrate this change.
