GDT: 2019 IIHF World Championships - Slovakia (Bratislava/Kosice) - May 10th to 26th

[Hischier and Hughes]

Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was on Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.

This issue is very minor if an issue at all.

‘traveling isnt exactly tiring’

sounds like someones whos never actually taken a long distance flight

And on top of that, what, NHL coaches are lying when they discuss the differences in playing for an east coast team vs a midwest team in terms of travel? ‘Just sleep dude’

 

[bobbop]

Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was in Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.

This issue is very minor if an issue at all. Although, it's an odd decision to fly back to USA in between the competitions. It's bad for the environment and bad for jet lag. I'd have thought that he'd stay in Europe the entire time.

Believe me, it’s a big issue. Traveling at any age is tiring. And good luck getting quality sleep on a plane. I’ve got over 3,000,000 miles and I’m still recovering.

 

[nyr2k2]

Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was in Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.

This issue is very minor if an issue at all. Although, it's an odd decision to fly back to USA in between the competitions. It's bad for the environment and bad for jet lag. I'd have thought that he'd stay in Europe the entire time.

I'm not even a particularly big subscriber to the "The teenage stars are tired at this point" angle, but as someone who has logged probably around 200,000 miles in the air by my mid-30's, both foreign and domestic, I would vehemently disagree that the travel itself is not tiring. Yeah, jet lag is a bitch itself, but when I fly from BWI to Logan and then three days later to Atlanta for a day-long event, then back to Logan for a week, I am absolutely exhausted. And I'm usually working somewhat regular days doing desk jockey stuff. It's just the act of getting on the plane, being more or less confined to your seat for an hour to many, many hours, getting off, getting where you're going, getting settled in, etc. Travel sucks, and is tiring, even within the same time zone.

Anyway I don't really care about Hughes at this point. If he's tired, whatever, he'll eventually train his way out of that.

 

[NYR Viper]

Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was in Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.

This issue is very minor if an issue at all. Although, it's an odd decision to fly back to USA in between the competitions. It's bad for the environment and bad for jet lag. I'd have thought that he'd stay in Europe the entire time.

Not everyone can sleep on planes

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Zero Assists?!?

Bust. Do not draft.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Not everyone can sleep on planes

Most people I know can't.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Traveling isn't exactly tiring.

I think it’s more mentally exhausting from my personal experience. I ****ing loathe it.

Packing your belongings. Sitting in terminals. Waiting for a flight to take off. Having the fear of dying in a fiery blaze. The constant chatter. The unholy odors. Sleeping in hotels instead of your bed. I literally can go on and on.

Domestic flights are annoying. International flights are the Devil though.

I don’t care if you’re 16 or 60. Flying sucks. Jet lag sucks.

 

[Synergy27]

I think it’s more mentally exhausting from my personal experience. I ****ing loathe it.

Packing your belongings. Sitting in terminals. Waiting for a flight to take off. Having the fear of dying in a fiery blaze. The constant chatter. The unholy odors. Sleeping in hotels instead of your bed. I literally can go on and on.

Domestic flights are annoying. International flights are the Devil though.

I don’t care if you’re 16 or 60. Flying sucks. Jet lag sucks.

Someone explain this to my wife. I travel quite a bit for work, so the last thing I want to do when I have some time off is get on a plane. Hard to manage when your loved one still associates travel with study abroad and spring break trips with college friends.

Oh, and Hughes sucks. He’s tired because he’s a weak little boy. Viking manchild Kakko doesn’t even know what tired means.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Not everyone can sleep on planes

Most people I know can't.

I sure as hell can’t.

Not on a train, subway, or plane. I don’t know if it’s a public thing, or trying to sleep sitting down instead of laying down.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Someone explain this to my wife.

I’m divorced. You probably don’t want me explaining anything to her

 

[eco's bones]

FWIW I hate flying and only do it when I have to go a really long way. For instance I'd rather drive from upstate NY to Florida than to fly there. Basically airlines keep tightening up seating to gouge their customers more and you're crammed into your seat and cannot move around hardly at all and when the plane starts its descent is when I get these really nasty earaches and I've tried all kinds of things--some of which take the edge off a bit but not a lot and usually afterwards it takes me two or three days to get my hearing back. I can't believe anyone can sleep on a plane either.

 

[nyr2k2]

I'm a lucky one, I can sleep on planes no problem. I have actually fallen asleep while still on the tarmac and slept until we were making the final descent. It was a short trip but still.

Anyway, the sleep isn't refreshing. I mainly sleep as a way to accelerate the trip. A time-waster. The only time it's remotely refreshing is on a red-eye or if you're hungover or something.

My last flight from Turkey into Dulles, I slept for 6 hours broken up over 4 sessions. It actually made me feel worse. But it killed almost half the trip so it was worth it.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I'm a lucky one, I can sleep on planes no problem. I have actually fallen asleep while still on the tarmac and slept until we were making the final descent. It was a short trip but still.

Anyway, the sleep isn't refreshing. I mainly sleep as a way to accelerate the trip. A time-waster. The only time it's remotely refreshing is on a red-eye or if you're hungover or something.

My last flight from Turkey into Dulles, I slept for 6 hours broken up over 4 sessions. It actually made me feel worse. But it killed almost half the trip so it was worth it.

4:45 AM train from Buffalo to NY Penn. That is a good sleep time waster. Knock out as soon as your ticket is scanned, wake up about 40 minutes before 12:45P.M. and ready to get off and go home/do things.

 

[GlasgowNewYorkRanger]

Traveling these days is particularly horrific, I sometimes think herded cattle are treated better. You boys need to channel your inner Don Henley...love 'em and Lear 'em.

Looking forward to Finland v US.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was in Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.

This issue is very minor if an issue at all. Although, it's an odd decision to fly back to USA in between the competitions. It's bad for the environment and bad for jet lag. I'd have thought that he'd stay in Europe the entire time.

As someone who travels across the Atlantic 6 times a year, I can honestly say that this is just not true. Flying west is easier than flying east but it's still exhausting. Hughes flew to Europe for the u18s, then back to the US for a few days and then to Europe again, all in the span of a few weeks. It's similar to my situation back in December in the span of 3 weeks.

Vienna > Tampa
Tampa > Vienna
Vienna > Seattle
Seattle > Vienna

When I got back the 2nd time, I really needed a few days to recover. But hey, what do I know? I could have just slept on the plane. All I do is "sit"

 

[EdJovanovski]

Eh I don't find traveling very exhausting, I might just be used to it since I'd been traveling overseas since I was 8 years old but I'm sure prospects like Hughes are used to travel as well

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Eh I don't find traveling very exhausting, I might just be used to it since I'd been traveling overseas since I was 8 years old but I'm sure prospects like Hughes are used to travel as well

They can be used to traveling but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t take a toll on them.

 

[EdJovanovski]

They can be used to traveling but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t take a toll on them.

Why does it take a toll on Hughes but not everyone else lol

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Why does it take a toll on Hughes but not everyone else lol

How many of Jack Hughes' teammates were also in Sweden at the u18s?

 

[thomast]

As someone who travels across the Atlantic 6 times a year, I can honestly say that this is just not true. Flying west is easier than flying east but it's still exhausting. Hughes flew to Europe for the u18s, then back to the US for a few days and then to Europe again, all in the span of a few weeks. It's similar to my situation back in December in the span of 3 weeks.

Vienna > Tampa
Tampa > Vienna
Vienna > Seattle
Seattle > Vienna

When I got back the 2nd time, I really needed a few days to recover. But hey, what do I know? I could have just slept on the plane. All I do is "sit"

Flying can be really tiring mainly because of time change. We have so called biological clock in us.

Jet Lag & Sleep - National Sleep Foundation

Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was in Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.

This issue is very minor if an issue at all. Although, it's an odd decision to fly back to USA in between the competitions. It's bad for the environment and bad for jet lag. I'd have thought that he'd stay in Europe the entire time.

This post is so wrong... Yeah traveling might not take toll on you but we all react to it induvidually. If i had traveling schedule of Hughes i would be dead tired. I’m huge Kakko fan too but your postings are getting ridiculous even for my taste. How you post about Hughes etc. I’m not asking you to like Hughes or anything but even this post is just pure speculation but you seem to know these things for certain... even against science.

I was the guy who said i believe Kakko is similar level of talent with Barkov and Laine before season started but i like his skill set more and got crucified by few posters. Save me from this misery and use your enthuasiastic fandom on cheering Kakko not focusing on putting Hughes down on these ridiculous posts like this quoted one.

 

[ijuka]

Back when we were a lot younger we would go to gaming conventions for weekends. We would travel for the day, barely sleep if at all during the weekend, and travel back for the day. As teenagers, that felt like nothing. Obviously I couldn't deal with it anymore. But at 17?`Well, perhaps he's so different. To me it's an excuse, though. I don't mind if you find it ridiculous.

Gaming conventions =/= playing high level hockey

My god, this whole debate is ridiculous. Travel affects performance.

The whole team travels.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Back when we were a lot younger we would go to gaming conventions for weekends. We would travel for the day, barely sleep if at all during the weekend, and travel back for the day. As teenagers, that felt like nothing. Obviously I couldn't deal with it anymore. But at 17?`Well, perhaps he's so different. To me it's an excuse, though. I don't mind if you find it ridiculous.

Gaming conventions =/= playing high level hockey

My god, this whole debate is ridiculous. Travel affects performance.

 

[Ola]

FWIW I hate flying and only do it when I have to go a really long way. For instance I'd rather drive from upstate NY to Florida than to fly there. Basically airlines keep tightening up seating to gouge their customers more and you're crammed into your seat and cannot move around hardly at all and when the plane starts its descent is when I get these really nasty earaches and I've tried all kinds of things--some of which take the edge off a bit but not a lot and usually afterwards it takes me two or three days to get my hearing back. I can't believe anyone can sleep on a plane either.

Yeah me too, I just take a few drinks to ease the panic but then I often starts to fight if I am trapped on a plane for too long. Half of the time I don't even get to the destination after getting on a plane, they stop and drop me off on the way. Luckily there are so many airlines now that if you are banned by one you can always find another one, was worse in the 90's.

 

[Good Intentions]

[QUOTE="ijuka, post: 160941527, member: 271697"]Traveling isn't exactly tiring. You sit in an airplane. You can even sleep the entire time. The issue is the jet lag, however this won't be as big of an issue with Hughes because he just was in Europe for a long time. We also can compare to the rest of the team - let's remember jet lag should be less impactful for young people, not more.
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Sorry to pile on, as page 23 owns you, but this is painfully ignorant and inaccurate. Do you play a doctor on TV?

 

[BBKers]

I travel a lot. Usually ok with it, but it has gotten more tiring with age. My wife has it tough when traveling. Moronic to generalize something as individual as fatigue when traveling. Some adapt better than others. Some can never get used to it - regardless of preparations.