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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
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.
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Nope, the Canucks arrived Monday afternoon for a Thursday and a Sunday game. "Apart from practising and playing, the Canucks will also get to play tourist, with a trip to the Great Wall of China among the planned outings."
If they stayed one extra day after they would have a couple of free days for some pretty cool team bonding.
I agree the married guys with kids like Gio and Smith might consider it a mild annoyance but the younger guys would likely have a blast. Also these guys won't be flying coach.