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Originally Posted by druetetective
YEAH NO KIDDING!
They play San Diego 12 times!! WTF
Why couldn't they go on 2-3 like 5 or 6 game eastern road trips? San Diego and San Antonio alone account for almost 1/3 of the entire schedule? Now imagine those teams are real creampuffs, I mean like AHL incarnations of the Oilers -How would beating up on them every third game translate to better player development? which was the theme they were pushing heavily when this was announced.
More like better for the owners' pockets me thinks.
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I think since this is the first year of the new division, the league itself doesn't have the experience to plan out a proper schedule. I imagine having a nation-wide league scheduling is quite the undertaking.
Perhaps next year it'll be a little more even.
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The AHL has had a rivalry heavy schedule for a long time now. The only East/West match-ups they ever have is if there is a bit of a rivalry. Our rivals are now the other Cali teams and the Texas teams. I am surprised there is as many games as there is outside of those other 6 clubs.