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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Having said that, I wonder how much of that leverage is reduced by the Flames participation in pre-season games in China this year. I would think that players look at this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and would think that for Hanifin missing this training camp is not like missing any other.
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Do you think players look forward to these overseas pre-season trips? I'd guess most see it as an irksome obligation to the league that disrupts their normal training routines and takes them away from their families. They aren't sight-seeing tours - teams typically fly over the day before their first game, and fly home immediately after the second.