Friday, February 12, 2010

Toronto Marlies Schedule

With the Olympic break about to get under way this weekend in the NHL, the league loses out on 2 weeks of action. Unfortunatly for the Marlies, most fans and toronto residents will be too busy watching the winter games rather than them. From this point on, the Marlies will be playing 28 games in 2 months, going in and out of the team bus as they travel all across Canada and the United States on a nightly basis. Although they aren’t the only team going through this, it seems like an awfully intense schedule that will hurt a team bad with even the slightest injury. Each and every game matters from here on and fatigue definitely becomes a factor.

For the most part there is a very high congestion of the same teams being played over the next 2 months, which gives the feeling of comfort ability of knowing your opponent. They will play the Hamilton Bulldogs and the Manitoba Moose 6 times, Abbotsford Heat and Rochester Americans 4 times, and then just mixing the remaining 8 games between other teams.

I for one like the concept of playing your rivals (divisional of course) a lot over the course of the season and closer to the end of the year, because it offers a more dramatic finish as those very rivals are left battling it out for the final play-off spots available. It’s a fun and exciting atmosphere to be a part of, and each game is one that you just don’t want to lose. By losing the game you not only fall back in the standings, but lose your pride as well.

Should the AHL continue to hold off the division games to this point of the season, or should they span it out evenly over the course of the season?

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1 comment:

  1. Yes I also think that the AHL should hold division games because look what it has done for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadians. Every time they play the Bell Center/ACC is packed.It would only help the Marlies by putting much needed people in the Ricoh Coliseum. So it would only be an upside for having division games.

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