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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5102233, member: 1969"] These 3 day gaps between games are ridiculous. It's June 21, and the draft starts in 6 days. Sure the flight is a bit long, but they are chartering private planes... its not that hard. I remember when I was younger in the mid 80's they completed the opening round 3 of 5 series, by playing 4 games in the first 5 nights of the playoffs (which was equally crazy I suppose), and they weren't flying in style. And the 5 game series was over in 7 days. I just selected a random team from the 80's (Minnesota North Stars and looked at their game log). In round 1 of 1986, they played the following nights against St Louis Game 1 April 9 Game 2 April 10 Travel Day Game 3 April 12 Game 4 April 13 Travel Day Game 5 April 15 In 1986, the Montreal Canadiens won the Cup in 5 games and the season finished on MAY 24! MAY 24! If it had went 7, it would have been May 28. And they were flying in **** compared to what the guys do today. [/QUOTE]