To be fair, though, Winnipeg would probably be the closest in terms of driving time if not for (a) the border crossing and (b) low speed limits on Canadian roads.
8 teams from 4 different divisions are closer drives than the nearest NW team? That is ridiculous.
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To be fair, though, Winnipeg would probably be the closest in terms of driving time if not for (a) the border crossing and (b) low speed limits on Canadian roads.
Road miles or air miles?
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Granted, I didn't get very far on it... but a while back, I started calculating direct air miles...
City
Anaheim
Boston
Buffalo
Calgary
Chigago
Columbus
Dallas
Anaheim
2582.7
2190
1210
1720
1970
1200
Boston
2582.7
399.2
2092.7
612.1
643.1
1551
Buffalo
2190
399.2
1734.9
454.6
293.7
1198.6
Calgary
1210
2092.7
1734.9
1397.1
1671.6
1534.7
Chicago
1720
612.1
454.6
1397.1
277.4
803.9
Columbus
1970
643.1
293.7
1671.6
277.4
913.5
Dallas
1200
1551
1198.6
1534.7
803.9
913.5
Denver
841
1768
1369.1
894.5
917.7
1165.3
663.2
Detroit
1950
612.5
215.9
1575.2
239.2
163
999.7
Edmonton
1360
2073.6
1734.6
177.1
1434.1
1702.1
1655.4
Los Angeles
27.7
2595.1
2197.4
1194.5
1743.5
1976.9
1239.6
Miami
2310
1238
1159.2
2468.6
1165.1
967.7
1091.8
Montreal
2450
249.9
319.5
1878.2
747.3
612.5
1516.3
Nashville
1770
942.9
626.8
1694
398.7
334.1
617.2
New Jersey
2440
196.6
284.2
2019
705.4
468.6
1364.4
New York Rangers
2440
188.5
291.4
2026
714.3
477.9
1393.4
New York Islanders
2440
173.4
310.5
2044.6
735.4
498.9
1373.7
Ottawa
2350
316.2
222.5
1781.8
633.4
514.9
1409.4
Philadelphia
2370
273.6
281.6
2008.8
667.4
415.6
1297.9
Phoenix
323.9
2304.5
1911.5
1214.3
1457.6
1673
895.3
Pittsburgh
2122.4
481.7
178
1780
412.3
162.7
1070.7
Carolina Hurricanes
2213.4
612.1
489.2
2035.9
639.1
371
1052.8
San Jose
332.6
2681.8
2283.1
1023.4
1838.5
2092.3
1450.3
St. Louis
1573.6
1037.1
661.5
1440.3
261.6
396.1
548
Minnesota Wild
1523.4
1113.7
722.2
1052.8
345.2
618.8
863.9
Tampa Bay
2131.2
1185.1
1052.1
2291.3
1008.1
832.5
919.2
Toronto
2164
429.7
58.9
1686
438.4
315.5
1204.5
Vancouver
1103.1
2502.8
2136.3
419.2
1772
2049.3
1768.2
Washington
2283.9
394.1
291.7
1970.4
597.4
328.1
1184.3
Winnipeg
1532.3
1345.6
993.9
747.1
716.5
971.8
1183.2
Edit: Wait a minute... this is the other spreadsheet I was working on, which was attempting to log how each team traveled and distance... Not just air miles. Air miles between Anaheim and LA would be zero.
They usually have someone do a tracker yearly. I think puckdaddy might have one. I don't think it has a weekly tracker, but its totalled.
I know this surprises no one... but the released report on travel costs was... insufficient on the data points. I wanted to do more with pivot tables, but never finished it.
Three years ago the Wild came back from a four-goal deficit in the 3rd period to win the game 6-5 in the shootout. Much better Wild team today than we had back then.
Three years ago the Wild came back from a four-goal deficit in the 3rd period to win the game 6-5 in the shootout. Much better Wild team today than we had back then.
