Vancouver Goldeneyes head coach Brian Idalski was critiqued online by many fans for his comments following Vancouver's recent loss to Boston in Edmonton, but his words on the challenges teams face who travel most distance have been prove valid. West coast teams who are forced to travel more frequently across time zones have long sought ways to mitigate the impact jet lag, sleep, recovery, and the toll additional travel takes on an elite athlete's body.

"It would be one thing if one of the expansion teams was killing it. We're both struggling," Idalski said. "There's something that with the travel and us going back and forth that's happening to our bodies, and we need to learn how to manage that better."

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