‘”It’s completely night and day,” Montador said, echoing earlier statements by fellow blue-liner and former Calgary Flame Toni Lydman. “Where all of our flights are 45 minutes to an hour, for the most part, the majority of these flights are two-plus. Right away, you’ve doubled your travel, and that makes it more challenging getting up for games; I don’t mean readiness as far as [intensity but as] physical prep, how you practice and how you take care of yourself. That’s where your body will break down, your health will break down. You get sick. Your injuries can persist.”‘