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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
3) Travel. Gaudreau absolutely hates flying. It terrifies him. And Calgary is probably in the top 5 or 6 NHL teams in hours of air travel.
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After the schedule was released last week, I saw a tweet that showed each team's travel for next season, and the Flames are actually in the middle of the pack.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1418621488744353792
With the addition of two new teams in the far west, I believe the western teams don't have to travel quite as much as they used to, and the eastern teams have to travel a bit more, so it's not as big a difference as it used to be.
Also, I suspect with most fear-of-flying cases, it's the take-offs and landings that are the biggest problem. Once you're in the air, if it isn't too turbulent, it's probably not too bad. Assuming that "links" on the chart represents the number of individual flights the teams take, the Flames are in a 4-way tie for the 9th fewest.