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Go Anaheim Ducks!

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Alas, the defending Stanley Cup champions remained undefeated on the road for the season, coming back to beat Anaheim 4-3 at the Honda Center.

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Originally Posted by sediment

Kings off to a fast start, providing the annual eventual letdown after a few long roadtrips suck the life out of them.

Not that they've ever really used this as an excuse, nor should they.

But the Kings (and Ducks and Sharks for that matter) have a major built-in disadvantage in that they have much more travel time than any other teams in the league.

Im betting that the Kings log at least twice as many flier miles during the season than some of the Eastern teams do.

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Originally Posted by Radiobarry

Not that they've ever really used this as an excuse, nor should they.

But the Kings (and Ducks and Sharks for that matter) have a major built-in disadvantage in that they have much more travel time than any other teams in the league.

Im betting that the Kings log at least twice as many flier miles during the season than some of the Eastern teams do.

Well, travel affects everyone, and more travel means worse results.
There are ways a team can counter this. McNall, before he ran out of money and had to steal from others, chartered a dedicated plane for the team to enhance stability and continuity on road trips. Games on successive nights are also big drainers of energy. Home teams generally don't schedule these (except home-and-home series against a common opponent), but away teams have them thrust on them all the time.

It was worse when Edmonton/Calgary/Vancouver were in their division. Those distances versus the distances of east coast division teams were quite disparate.

It has gotten a little better now that each team travels here for a game (I think that's the case now). Toronto and Montreal have had too much influence on the schedule these past ten years.

Oh, and I'll be there tomorrow night for Kings-Pens.

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Go Kings GO!

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Huge Ducks and Sharks fan!

Other teams I like: Blackhawks, Wild, Kings, Sabres.

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The Kings have gotten off to a pretty good start, especially since they haven't even made the playoffs in - forever.

But I'm hoping that last night in Atlanta was a low point. They were shut out, while the Thrashers put up three in the second period and four more in the third. 7-0! In a hockey game! Yikes.