Speculation: 2022-23 Sharks Roster Discussion Part II

[Grinner]

The Sharks travel the furthest of any team.
Those players in the Metro have it easy

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Unless you're having to walk or ride a bike to away games, Travel should never be a concern for professional athletes.

Travel has always been a concern for professional athletes. Nobody should pretend like it isn't.

 

[Bizz]

Travel has always been a concern for professional athletes. Nobody should pretend like it isn't.

They literally sit on a plane for, at maximum, 5 hours. Most people sit for longer at their own jobs.

 

[jMoneyBrah]

They literally sit on a plane for, at maximum, 5 hours. Most people sit for longer at their own jobs.

I’m sure this was a go to line in part of the pitch to Tarasenko, Tavares, and all the other notable UFAs the Sharks land.

 

[sharski]

Taxes and travel mean that SJS will never be a premier destination.

Baltimore Sharks incoming

 

[Pinkfloyd]

They literally sit on a plane for, at maximum, 5 hours. Most people sit for longer at their own jobs.

And that stuff adds up over the course of 6-8 months. Things people sitting at their own jobs tend to not do at all.

 

[aircobra]

They literally sit on a plane for, at maximum, 5 hours. Most people sit for longer at their own jobs.

While also having to deal with time changes. Thinking travel is not a big deal is pretty foolish.

 

[Grinner]

I recall seeing the Sharks traveled more than any other team and that they traveled 10k more miles than the team that had to travel the least

 

[Bizz]

And that stuff adds up over the course of 6-8 months. Things people sitting at their own jobs tend to not do at all.

yeah, they tend to do it for all 12 months instead.

 

[OffSydes]

Its not just travel its longer road trips as well. And that means more time away from family

 

[Levie]

They literally sit on a plane for, at maximum, 5 hours. Most people sit for longer at their own jobs.

Why don't you go sit in a plane for 5 hours before doing your job?

 

[Bizz]

Why don't you go sit in a plane for 5 hours before doing your job?

If I made minimum $750k a year I'd be more than happy to.

 

[WTFetus]

I think there's a middle ground here. It's a fully catered private jet with luxury reclining seats so I do think the "taxing nature" that some try to pass on is definitely overblown. Trying to compare this to civilian airplane travel is ridiculous. However, no matter how cushy or comfortable a flight is, when comparing two teams, the team that travels less will still obviously be more comfortable.

I think the time changes is the bigger issue than anything else.

 

[Pinkfloyd]

yeah, they tend to do it for all 12 months instead.

No they don’t actually and certainly not along with competing against elite athletes. You got your head in the clouds to believe what you do.

 

[Jargon]

Hockey is a game of inches and plane travel, no matter how cushy, is not particularly good for our bodies. It’s probably a little overblown, but constant air travel / time zone switches certainly affects your body, particularly when you’re competing against elite level athletes.

 

[Gecklund]

I think there's a middle ground here. It's a fully catered private jet with luxury reclining seats so I do think the "taxing nature" that some try to pass on is definitely overblown. Trying to compare this to civilian airplane travel is ridiculous. However, no matter how cushy or comfortable a flight is, when comparing two teams, the team that travels less will still obviously be more comfortable.

I think the time changes is the bigger issue than anything else.

I think something super underrated in this too is being away from your family and home for a quarter of the year. If you’re in the metro where all the teams are close together so you can go home if you have enough days off between games, it’s much easier to leave again. If you just got back from a month long road trip and suddenly you need to go fly to Calgary for a division game, that’s much harder.

 

[Mr Fahrenheit]

If I made minimum $750k a year I'd be more than happy to.

So let me get this straight. If someone said I will pay you a million dollars a year but you have to be on a plane for 5+ hours every other day, then someone else said I will also pay you a million dollars but you just have to drive your own car for 30 minutes, you would say "eh same thing" and choose the more travel?

 

[sharski]

Hockey is a game of inches and plane travel

Didn't even have to read the rest of the post... this sums up everything point blank period

 

[Barrie22]

So let me get this straight. If someone said I will pay you a million dollars a year but you have to be on a plane for 5+ hours every other day, then someone else said I will also pay you a million dollars but you just have to drive your own car for 30 minutes, you would say "eh same thing" and choose the more travel?

And this is only the bare minimum of what the job entails, its 3+ hours of very heavy physical activities and then pack your stuff up, jump on a bus to the airport and then travel the 5 or so hours arriving at the other city around 1-2am, bus to the hotel, sleep for a few hours and do about 1-2 more physical activies, then back to the hotel for a quick something to eat and a rest and then back to the arena to do 3 more hours of heavy physical activities.

 

[Le Grand Quebecois]

I remember this old article about Vancouver improving their road record by using "science" to adjust when and how they travel games. Canucks rely on science to ease rigors of travel

 

[Levie]

I remember this old article about Vancouver improving their road record by using "science" to adjust when and how they travel games. Canucks rely on science to ease rigors of travel

Now I get why the Canucks have missed the playoffs recently. Their sports scientists have taught them reaching the cup finals creates too much travel on the body.

 

[Grinner]

I remember this old article about Vancouver improving their road record by using "science" to adjust when and how they travel games. Canucks rely on science to ease rigors of travel

Meth?

 

[STL Shark]

Taxes and travel mean that SJS will never be a premier destination.

Yet going to Canada for less gross money and less take home money is desirable?

 

[STL Shark]

And that stuff adds up over the course of 6-8 months. Things people sitting at their own jobs tend to not do at all.

The grind of traveling (from experience in playing college sports and also traveling a ton for work) is more the not being in your own space and living from city to city rather than the flight times. The extra hour or two on a plane a handful times a year for an East Coast roadie is really a non-event. It's not like the Sharks are going to the east coast every other week for games. There are 4 trips east of the Mississippi this season. Mid to late October, early December, early to mid January, and mid-March.

Every team plays 41 road games and SJ has a number of quicker flights (2 hours or less) with basically every team in the division(sans an extra hour to the Alberta teams) just like everyone else.

 

[Saskatoon]

Yet going to Canada for less gross money and less take home money is desirable?

Canadian teams pay their players in USD too.... Alberta would have lower taxes than a lot of states.