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NHL Season 2023-24

#781
As a Bruins/Kings guy with no dog in this fight (but grudging respect for the way the Panthers play in the playoffs), I have to root for the Oilers. It's time for Canada to have the Cup once more, since it wouldn't be the Dirty Habs.

These have to be two of the most widely separated NHL cities. What, like an eight-hour direct flight?
 
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It is the longest flight distance for a major championship in US-Canada sports at 2,568 miles.

The longest NHL flight is Seattle to Miami which is 2,732 miles. It used to be Boston to LA Kings prior to the Kraken.

Superbowl LIII (LA Rams vs. the NE Patriots) featured two teams that are 2,575 miles apart as (Pats fly out of Providence RI) but the game was played in Atlanta, so I have to give it to YEG-MIA.
 
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dangnewt said:
It is the longest flight distance for a major championship in US-Canada sports at 2,568 miles.

The longest NHL flight is Seattle to Miami which is 2,732 miles. It used to be Boston to LA Kings prior to the Kraken.

Superbowl LIII (LA Rams vs. the NE Patriots) featured two teams that are 2,575 miles apart as (Pats fly out of Providence RI) but the game was played in Atlanta, so I have to give it to YEG-MIA.
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FWIW, pretty sure the Cats fly outta FTL.
 
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Now, I'm thinking all those Celtic-Laker NBA Finals were slightly longer at 2,611 miles.

FTL shortens it a little bit. I think the Celtics might fly their charters out of Hanscom in Bedford MA just off of Rte. 128.

To think, the Original 6 took trains for the most part. I think the NY-NJ-Philly-Wash teams still do. I wouldn't be shocked if some of the NJ guys lived closer to Philly than to E. R
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FWIW, pretty sure the Cats fly outta FTL.
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The B's took a train to NYC this season at least once.
 
#791
Good example of Canadian hockey insight combined with a wry sense of humour. Thanks for posting.

For what it is worth, the Oilers have nearly twice as many Canadians on their overall roster as Florida. Not sure about the playoff roster, but I suspect, it will also be higher than FLA.
 
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dangnewt said:
Good example of Canadian hockey insight combined with a wry sense of humour. Thanks for posting.

For what it is worth, the Oilers have nearly twice as many Canadians on their overall roster as Florida. Not sure about the playoff roster, but I suspect, it will also be higher than FLA.
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Yeah, but the Panthers have more Russians.:wacky:
 
#794
I wonder if anyone has actually done the analysis about NHL rosters and countries of origin. Since 2009 when I started following the Bruins closely, they seem to have more Czechs and Americans and fewer Russians and Canadians than most other teams. Although in the 2010-11 season, they had players from all but Manitoba and Saskatchewan including Adam McQuaid from PEI, Michael Ryder from Newfoundland, and everyone's favorite Nova Scotian, Brad Marchant. From 1970 to 2022, the B's seemed to have one Quebec star or superstar - Don Marcotte, Ray Bourque, and Patrice Bergeron. No Quebecois this year but there was a tall 20-year-old puck-moving defenseman at Providence named Frederic Brunet who has legit NHL potential.

I doubt there has ever been a roster without Ontarians - maybe a Montreal team way back in the day when they could fill a roster with the best of Quebec.
 
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dangnewt said:
I wonder if anyone has actually done the analysis about NHL rosters and countries of origin. Since 2009 when I started following the Bruins closely, they seem to have more Czechs and Americans and fewer Russians and Canadians than most other teams. Although in the 2010-11 season, they had players from all but Manitoba and Saskatchewan including Adam McQuaid from PEI, Michael Ryder from Newfoundland, and everyone's favorite Nova Scotian, Brad Marchant. From 1970 to 2022, the B's seemed to have one Quebec star or superstar - Don Marcotte, Ray Bourque, and Patrice Bergeron. No Quebecois this year but there was a tall 20-year-old puck-moving defenseman at Providence named Frederic Brunet who has legit NHL potential.

I doubt there has ever been a roster without Ontarians - maybe a Montreal team way back in the day when they could fill a roster with the best of Quebec.
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