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Originally Posted by Cuz
The NHL tried this after the 04-05 lockout, at least two games in a row. I don't recall an explanation for why they stopped the practice.
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I think there were a couple of big reasons:
(a) Playing 2-3 games in a row (and 8 times a season) against teams like Minnesota and Colorado were making those games tough to sell at a retail level
(b) Fans didn't like that players like Crosby and Ovechkin would only come to town once every three years (you'd play teams in the other conference once a year or not at all: 1 game rotating home/away against one division, 1 game against another division and then 0 games against the third division). They particularly didn't like that teams like Toronto/Montreal would only come once every three years