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18 minutes ago, Taro T said:

When you factor in times to board & unboard it probably isn't much shorter of a trip by flying.

Heck, the Steelers bus to Cleveland when playing the Browns.  Would expect the trips are similar duration.

Bus ride to Columbus is 5.5 hours. Bus ride from Pitt to Cleveland is 2.5 hours. Not similar in duration at all. 

A direct, charter flight from Buffalo to Columbus is less than an hour and a half. And pro sports teams aren’t going thru the regular public passenger terminals, either. That’s gonna take a lot less than 7.5 hours as well, all told. 

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1 minute ago, K-9 said:

Bus ride to Columbus is 7.5 hours. Bus ride from Pitt to Cleveland is 2.5 hours. Not similar in duration at all. 

A direct, charter flight from Buffalo to Columbus is less than an hour and a half. And pro sports teams aren’t going thru the regular public passenger terminals, either. That’s gonna take a lot less than 7.5 hours as well, all told. 

Huh?  Buffalo to Columbus is ~5 hours. 

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4 minutes ago, K-9 said:

Bus ride to Columbus is 7.5 hours. Bus ride from Pitt to Cleveland is 2.5 hours. Not similar in duration at all. 

A direct, charter flight from Buffalo to Columbus is less than an hour and a half. And pro sports teams aren’t going thru the regular public passenger terminals, either. That’s gonna take a lot less than 7.5 hours as well, all told. 

Buffalo to Columbus is 7.5 hours?  Huh?

It's not even 7.5 hours to Cincy.  More like 4 hours to C-Bus.

Not sure where the Columbus rink is relative to their airport, but it's nearly 30 minutes to the airport from the MMArena.

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Just now, Taro T said:

Buffalo to Columbus is 7.5 hours?  Huh?

It's not 7.5 hours to Cincy.  More like 4 hours.

Not sure where the Columbus rink is relative to their airport, but it's nearly 30 minutes to the airport from the MMArena.

THIS ….. Preseason banter losing a 3-1 AHL v NHL game! 😂🤣

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Just now, Taro T said:

Buffalo to Columbus is 7.5 hours?  Huh?

It's not 7.5 hours to Cincy.  More like 4 hours.

Not sure where the Columbus rink is relative to their airport, but it's nearly 30 minutes to the airport from the MMArena.

As I said to Labatt above, that was a typo. Meant to say 5.5 hours. 
 

Bottom line is it’s a helluva lot more convenient and less wearisome to take direct charter flight than ride on a bus all in the same day. 

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2 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Buffalo to Columbus is 7.5 hours?  Huh?

It's not 7.5 hours to Cincy.  More like 4 hours.

Not sure where the Columbus rink is relative to their airport, but it's nearly 30 minutes to the airport from the MMArena.

Not real far from each other.  The "Nat" is downtown north side while the airport is a little ways east just outside the I270 outerbelt.  There's a golf course right next to the airport in the landing pattern, so pretty cool some days where the planes approach right over year head.  Lived in the Columbus area before moving to Buffalo and agree with 5.5 hours by car.

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1 minute ago, Carmel Corn said:

Not real far from each other.  The "Nat" is downtown north side while the airport is a little ways east just outside the I270 outerbelt.  There's a golf course right next to the airport in the landing pattern, so pretty cool some days where the planes approach right over year head.  Lived in the Columbus area before moving to Buffalo and agree with 5.5 hours by car.

Eh, guess they didn't want to give the 75% AHL roster the NHL experience.

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Just now, Ctaeth said:

sloppy game from most of the team.  was a chance to impress for a lot of these guys, but i don't believe anyone jumped off the screen

Tough to jump off the screen when you're playing 1 league higher than you should and most everybody else you're on the ice with is in the same boat.

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If Priskie and Clague thought they had a shot of being the #7, it's time to reconsider.

If Bryson and Fitzpatrick thought they were on the team, they need to take a closer look at Lawrence Pilut.

The book on Kozak and Kulich and any other Cinderella story making the team is now closed.

For the stories that are going to continue: Quinn, Peterka and Krebs are better than Bjork, but haven't cleared the tougher bars yet, and Comrie looked like I kinda expected — a solid backup.

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5 minutes ago, dudacek said:

If Priskie and Clague thought they had a shot of being the #7, it's time to reconsider.

If Bryson and Fitzpatrick thought they were on the team, they need to take a closer look at Lawrence Pilut.

The book on Kozak and Kulich and any other Cinderella story making the team is now closed.

For the stories that are going to continue: Quinn, Peterka and Krebs are better than Bjork, but haven't cleared the tougher bars yet, and Comrie looked like I kinda expected — a solid backup.

You think Comrie looked like a backup? Well you're entitled to your opinion but I disagree. 

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6 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Tough to jump off the screen when you're playing 1 league higher than you should and most everybody else you're on the ice with is in the same boat.

They don't field a team like that with the intention to NOT compete.  They were looking for guys to step up and shine.  It didn't happen this go around, but there are more preseason games left 🤷‍♂️ 

I agree though, it can be hard to judge these guys without some more NHL level talent mixed in

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