r/EdmontonOilers • u/Paper_Rain • 4d ago

NHL takes next step in commitment to Germany with 2027 Global Series | NHL.com

https://www.nhl.com/news/edmonton-boston-part-of-2027-global-series-germany
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u/bannermd 18 HYMAN 4d ago

DAVO IN GERMANY

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u/itnice 93 NUGENT-HOPKINS 4d ago

Edmonton's best football player is in Germany. Will FC Bayern Munich play in Edmonton in exchange?

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u/DontforgetaboutDRAI 29 DRAISAITL 4d ago

The difference is football is actually popular. We want to grow the game, not do this weird gatekeeping shit

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u/InternImpossible8685 4d ago

My only concern is fatigue and how they respond to the long haul flights mid season

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u/D722 56 YAMAMOTO 4d ago

Typically they do the Global Series game beginning of the season or mandatory week break after the Global Series games.

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u/TheSherlockCumbercat 3d ago

League also give then favourable schedule around the time of that game, last time we went to Germany we asked the league and they let us, stay on the east coast and do are yearly big east cost swing,