Comments on: Are the Rangers more important than Edmonton and Calgary? http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/ryanb/4744/ NHL hockey blogosphere of your favorite team rumors, trades, opinion, recaps, previews and news Sun, 20 May 2012 16:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RyanB http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/ryanb/4744/comment-page-1/#comment-954 RyanB Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:32:49 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=4744#comment-954 Yeah I certainly don't think that teams like Edmonton and Calgary should have comparable travel schedules, it would be impossible to make that happen. It's the one game homestand that makes me shake my head. Yeah I certainly don’t think that teams like Edmonton and Calgary should have comparable travel schedules, it would be impossible to make that happen. It’s the one game homestand that makes me shake my head.

]]> By: PenguinsMarch http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/ryanb/4744/comment-page-1/#comment-940 PenguinsMarch Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:26:24 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=4744#comment-940 I think part of it is the unbalanced schedule and just inherently how densely packed some of the north-east U.S. teams are.  The Rangers will always have a lighter travel schedule since the Isles, Devils, Flyers, Caps, Bruins are in close proximity while the Oilers and Flames closest opponents are far, far away in Vancouver and Minneapolis. I don't disagree however that those "one-game homestands" should be eliminated unless the next opponent on the road is close by. I think part of it is the unbalanced schedule and just inherently how densely packed some of the north-east U.S. teams are.  The Rangers will always have a lighter travel schedule since the Isles, Devils, Flyers, Caps, Bruins are in close proximity while the Oilers and Flames closest opponents are far, far away in Vancouver and Minneapolis.

I don’t disagree however that those “one-game homestands” should be eliminated unless the next opponent on the road is close by.

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