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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
There would be no way Alaska gets an AHL affiliate. Why?
Not sure if all the points are still 100% accurate, but the Heat already have the ugliest travel schedule. Imagine Alaska.
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Doesn't Abbotsford sort of prove your point wrong? It's 3 more hours on a plane.
A Calgary call up would be about 6.5 hours based on the fastest I could find tomorrow.
From Utica to Vancouver it's 8 hours flying + a 45 min drive to Syracuse the closest airport.
Alaska is used to flying and are fine with the extra costs. Not to mention not having to go through immigration.
Playing in the ECHL they just fly down to (LAX) then Bakersfield and take a bus over to Stockton.
As for Thunder Bay, that would be no different flying time than playing in Alaska.