- The Better Conference is now.. the Eastern Conferance

Agreed.

For pretty much my entire time on the SHL I've considered the west to be the better conference. I remember multiple seasons where the 1st-5th teams were separated by as little as 4 points at seasons end and the races being insanely close while the east generally had 2 good teams and 3 mediocre teams. This season if you were to take the top place team in the west and move them to the east they would only qualify for the very last play-off spot. I think right now the middle of the pack teams in both the west/east are very comparable but 4 of the top 5 teams are currently in the east, so I think that gives the east the advantage when it comes to their overall conference.