The Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks will play a two-game series versus the infinitely shittier L.A. Kings in London, England to open the season. Upon hearing the news, pasty white English people throughout the country were genuinely excited...for the Spice Girls reunion.
There is nothing inherently wrong with the decision to play regular-season NHL games overseas, it just strikes me as something someone with Down's Syndrome (as if The Blue & White wasn't lowbrow enough, we're now poking fun at puddinheads...meuh!) would do. What the fuck, Gary Bettman? Your attempts at increasing NHL awareness in the USA have gone so well that you feel the need to invade another country? Even fucking Hitler made sure he had a stronghold on Poland before he moved on.
In Leafs Nation, there aren't too many surprises with the upcoming sched. Like last year, the Leafs open the year with a home-and-home against Ottawa. After Ottawa takes 4 of a possible 4 points from us, we'll move on to the rest of the year. And I'll be sitting on the rug in my living room, drunk off my ass, wondering why I bother watching this team when I could be doing something worthwhile.
The Leafs' longest road trip is a 7 gamer, however it is split up (5 + 2) by the x-mas break. It's only really a road trip in theory, as they play 7 straight on the road, but the team will be at home on x-mas, pretending they are good husbands. The Leafs longest home stand is a 5 pack in February. The most noticeable portion of their schedule (as I quickly look it over after 6 beers) is that 8 of their first 10 games are at home. Therefore, if the Leafs stumble out of the gate and waste their precious home games, the playoff will be a pipe dream again this year. That, or they'll have to put on their big-girl panties and actually win on the road.
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