{coyotes} NHL Travel Miles: The 2015-2016 Super Schedule Released

 

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http://www.ontheforecheck.com/2015/7/15/8969859/nhl-travel-miles-the-2015-2016-super-schedule-released

Team	2015-16 Miles	2015-16 B-to-B	2014-15 Miles	2014-15 B-to-B
San Jose Sharks	50,362	14	45,318	11
Edmonton Oilers	49,401	9	45,597	11
Dallas Stars	48,419	12	48,216	12
Calgary Flames	48,341	12	38,874	10
Vancouver Canucks	45,711	13	45,173	12
Anaheim Ducks	44,653	11	46,967	13
Los Angeles Kings	43,750	13	44,100	9
Colorado Avalanche	42,901	10	44,167	12
Winnipeg Jets	42,380	12	42,027	9
Florida Panthers	41,891	14	42,786	12
Carolina Hurricanes	41,558	16	40,800	16
Minnesota Wild	40,976	15	41,178	13
Tampa Bay Lightning	40,974	13	37,221	12
St. Louis Blues	40,649	12	38,965	14
Arizona Coyotes	40,504	15	49,818	13
Montreal Canadiens	39,947	16	37,135	16
Chicago Blackhawks	39,332	13	40,074	15
Ottawa Senators	38,796	14	33,421	13
Boston Bruins	38,236	11	38,938	16
Columbus Blue Jackets	37,602	18	35,139	19
Nashville Predators	36,971	12	42,096	11
New Jersey Devils	36,271	12	33,597	18
New York Rangers	36,089	17	36,113	13
Washington Capitals	35,487	13	36,487	16
New York Islanders	35,015	15	33,214	16
Philadelphia Flyers	34,811	15	31,272	14
Buffalo Sabres	34,201	15	37,022	19
Toronto Maple Leafs	33,880	16	34,020	18
Pittsburgh Penguins	33,660	17	32,444	17
Detroit Red Wings	33,487	17	34,179	12

As always, Dirk has gone above and beyond and also included an even more detailed Google Spreadsheet. It includes each team's schedule, the number of miles from one destination to the next, number of days in between games and more. Feel free to reference it for your own analysis of your team's schedule.

A few observations:

• After traveling the 10th most miles last year, Nashville is the only Western Conference squad of the 10 least traveling teams. They cut their 82-game journey down by almost 5,000 miles. They'll also play one more back-to-back than they did last year.
• Arizona (the most mobile team last year) and Calgary see the most significant change. The Coyotes cut their travel down by almost 10,000 miles, while the Flames see an increase by about that much. Mark Giordano will probably skate about half of those.
• Sorry, Columbus. You have the most back-to-back games again this year. Consolation? It's still one less than last year.
• Detroit and Pittsburgh travel the fewest miles, but both are tied for the second-most in B2B's (along with the Rangers) at 17. So I guess it evens out?
• Speaking of New York, they actual cut their travel by 24 miles. We still eagerly await the day when a team somehow travels exactly the same as they did the year before.
• Washington will be hanging a banner for "Round Number Champions." They decrease exactly 1,000 miles from last year.
• And the San Jose Sharks are the suckers winners of this year's Super Schedule! What the heck, you can hang a banner too.

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