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Play-and-stays are already a regular feature of hockey’s minor leagues – the Charlotte Checkers of the East Coast Hockey League will have 27 such sets this year, for example – and they occur occasionally in the Kontinental Hockey League, particularly for its franchises in far-flung Vladivostok and Siberia. And at the top pro level in North America, Major League Baseball uses play-and-stay almost all the time, with teams typically visiting an opposing park for a three-game series, which sometimes stretches to four.
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His main argument, besides cutting travel costs, is to leave less of a carbon footprint.
Not sure it would matter much on Eastern road swings (the Flames only play some teams once in their own barns, but could work for places like California and Vegas for instance.
Personally, I like variety and seeing opponents at various intervals in the season. The invariable bad slump or injury bugs that most teams go through would lack an opportunity for latter redemption against certain opponents.
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