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Traveling In the West
by Paul on 10/10/09 at 07:27 AM ET
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from Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star,
The Flames, this year, will travel more than any other NHL team. The Flames will travel nearly 89,902 kilometres by plane according to a review of the league schedule conducted by the Star.
That’s over 3,000 kilometres more than the Edmonton Oilers (86,772), and more than twice the travel load of the Buffalo Sabres (43,357), the team with the least travel, some of which will be done by bus.
“It’s just one of those things,” Bouwmeester told the Star just moments before boarding a plane for his first road trip as a Flame. “You just do it. You don’t have any control over it. I guess with the time zone changes, it will be different for me this year. You just have to make sure you get some rest.”
Bouwmeester only had to ask another Team Canada hopeful, Francois Beauchemin, what it’s like. Beauchemin left the Anaheim Ducks – another high-mileage team – for the Leafs, who’ll travel 53,775 kms, the sixth fewest in the NHL.
“There’s a lot more travel in the West as far as time in the air, longer flights,” said Beauchemin. “With all the time changes, too, it makes it a little harder.
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