Quote:
Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
Someone with more interest than me should look at how teams who have traveled outside North America have fared that season compared to the season before and after the travel. Or look at it in someway that attempts to explain whether the travel has some kind of effect on the season, be it positive or negative.
|
Between 2008 and 2011, the NHL had four teams start their seasons in Europe (6 teams in 2010). In each of those 4 seasons, one of the teams that started its season in Europe went on to win the Stanley Cup.