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_AdjI_ posted...

Given that I don't pay attention to hockey and could therefore define my "favourite" team as the one that requires the least travel, this would probably be doable without having to take the full time off work. That said, if flights being cancelled costs me the prize, I don't think it'd be a worthwhile gamble. Flying in Canada in the winter is risky business. Flights get cancelled all the time, and with only a day or two to spare between some games, that could very easily be the end of it.

If flight cancellations (and other such uncontrollable travel interruptions) don't count against me, then I'd do it, otherwise, not so much.

This was my major issue. I live in the Hudson Valley in NY, so if I just followed the Rangers, all the home games are easy-peasy. Jump the river to Beacon and I have a train straight into Grand Central and from there MSG is a short hop. Given the geography of New England and a majority of NHL teams clustered in major cities of the Northeast, at least a third of the away games are more or less driveable if I planned ahead. Another third are going to be relatively routine and safe flights. However, this brings us to that last third of the away games which would be a total crapshoot. Minnesota and several Canadian arenas would come down to pure luck depending on what the weather was doing. Buffalo is also very close, certainly close enough to drive to but they get lake effect snow 4 feet at a time with frightening regularity.

I figure about 60 or so of those games are going to be in the bag before I even take the bet, but those remaining 20ish could get super sketchy.

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