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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Tavares is basically entering the 2nd half of his hockey career.
Over the last 3 years the Islanders traveled an average of 35,092 miles
The Flames averaged 48,253 miles
So as training and conditioning become harder why would he want to add an extra 13,000+ travel miles and extra 37% more travel and wasted time.
It would be interesting how many extra hotel nights the Flames get compared to the Islanders (or all the teams in the North East) where there are 4-5 teams that you either take the team bus or catch a cab/limo to the away arena.
There has to be a 90 percent chance that he signs with a team that travels the same or less than the Islanders.
PS The Ducks and Kings and Vegas travel around 5,000 miles less less than the Flames because they all have 2 close away cities in their division.
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I just have to make a point about this weird obsession you have with increased travel time.
48253 - 35092 = 13,161 miles over 3 years/3 = 4,387 miles/year
The average airspeed of a jet is 400-500 miles/hour depending on jetstream and other environmental factors, so let's split the difference at 450 mph.
4,387 miles/year / 450 mph = an additional 9.75 hours of air travel per year. Spread that over 6.5 months and you're looking at 1.5 hours per month of extra air time. That's one extra bad movie a month to watch.
Is this really the deciding factor when we're talking about a potential $70-90 million contract? The answer is no.