Zirakzigil
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Well, Penguins can’t fly so it makes sense.
I got @Three On Zero trained so well I dont even need to respond to Leo now.
Also, just because we choose not to fly doesnt mean we cant fly:
Well, Penguins can’t fly so it makes sense.
Utah is right next door and they are in the top of the mileage list without a trip to Europe. Exceed Colorado by 7,400 miles.How’s Colorado in the bottom half of the league? They’re one of the top 2 or 3 most isolated teams in the league. They get a lot of long road trips?
It's not being on a plane that's disruptive, it's changing time zones.Once you're on a plane, you're on a plane. 2 hour vs 3 hour flight isn't a world of difference in your day, but that's a lot of miles adding up over the course of the year nevertheless.
Baseball parks typically aren't used for other events are they? I don't know, I don't live in an MLB city.It's true but there's not a ton anyone can do about it.
Take solace in the fact that living in the megalopolis of the NE means you're more clustered together in an industrial wasteland or post-industrial Rust Belt, scrambling on top of one another to get ahead. Long travel means living in nicer places with better weather, cleaner air, and more room to yourself (well, maybe not so much in LA for that last bit). Quality of life versus easy proximity to your rivals.
I have at times wondered whether baseball-style series in one city could make sense for hockey. It would have been easier to pull off when you played your division opponents a lot more (up to eight times per season) in the early 2000s. It would certainly cut down on travel and raise the intensity/temperature as each series evolved.
Lmao hell yeahThe salary cap should account for this too. Unfair advantage and all
1% trained, 99% work in progressI got @Three On Zero trained so well I dont even need to respond to Leo now.
Also, just because we choose not to fly doesnt mean we cant fly:
You'd expect LA to have the worse travel because they share their arena with the Lakers/Clippers (but the Clippers are leaving for their new arena in the fall I believe), while Ana has no NBA team to share, so they get to set their home schedule the way they want.If I'm Anaheim management, I'm immediately bitching to the league about the 7,000 mile difference between their travel schedule and LA's.
Their arenas are 30 miles apart...
Yes, but the league is structured in a way where this is minimized. All the PT teams are in the same division and that's about the most you can do for them. Unlike in the past there are also no longer any ET teams in the Western conference.It's not being on a plane that's disruptive, it's changing time zones.
If an East Coast team flies out to LA at 10:00 AM, by the time they land, it's just about 10:00 again. A game that starts at 7:00 PM local time is starting at 10:00 PM as far as their bodies are concerned. The whole second half of that game is being played when they're used to sleeping.
Similarly, when a West Coast team comes east at 10:00 AM, it's 5:00 PM when they land. The game is starting, for them, basically at 4:00 when they would typically be doing some other part of their routine.
By the time you get used to it, you go back home and get hit with the other side of it.
LA and then Phoenix went to AustraliaCan ask the same question for Ana/LA, Sea/Van, and even Utah/Col (next door states).
If it's that big a margin and unless they were going to Europe, it means that the schedule maker wasn't very effecient on their road trips or you ended up on multiple shorter trips, thus have some wasted mileage. Always better to do longer trips to the East or West and knock off as many as you can.
Van's road trips this season all see very logical. Not perfect, but very limited overlap of of mileage.
I believe Edmonton and Ft. Lauderdale represents the longest commute in SCF history. Guessing #2 would be Montreal and LA.Florida and oilers in the top 4. Just saying
I live in Anaheim and Angel's stadium is used for motor Cross events and what not in the summer along with concerts here and there, but it's usually not close to what an arena sees in traffic.Baseball parks typically aren't used for other events are they? I don't know, I don't live in an MLB city
Baseball runs from like April to Sept. Once you get outside those months, weather can be an issue. I mean, most of the outdoor football stadiums don't have any non NFL events once you get into October, unless it's MLS like NE, CAR who share.Baseball parks typically aren't used for other events are they? I don't know, I don't live in an MLB city.
The Kings trip to Australia may have been a factor there.If I'm Anaheim management, I'm immediately bitching to the league about the 7,000 mile difference between their travel schedule and LA's.
Their arenas are 30 miles apart...
The schedule was kind this year with extended road trips instead of lots of back and forth. They've got a trip that includes the three California teams and Seattle, one that hits all of Canada from Winnipeg west, one that bunches up Vegas/Utah/Dallas, and one that bunches up all the NYC-area teams.Surprised by Columbus. They're not that close to the teams in their division compared to the other Metro teams.
It's all fun and games using AI until one team is playing 802 games.Sadly, NHL scheduling still lives in the stone age. It's not even all that difficult to optimize the schedule with AI so that each team's travel is minimized. Wouldn't be a very complex script, though might require a decent amount of computing power to run.