The NHL is looking at new iterations of the schedule, in an apparent effort to improve the bottom line.
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Each division in the NHL has eight teams, which would mean each team faced their divisional opponents 56 times per season in total.Changing to such a schedule would mean more intradivisional road games and less of the costly long-distance travel. In junior hockey specific players can build a buzz for ticket sales, just as Conor Bedard has done for teams hosting the Regina Pats this year.
Finding efficiencies in the travel budget isn’t a new discussion point for NHL GMs and owners, though it didn’t come up at this week’s board of governors’ meetings in Florida.
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