5 Ways 2013-14 NHL Season Will Prove Western Conference Superiority

The NHL Western Conference has been playing at a disadvantage for years. Additional travel made them more tired and less practiced than their Eastern Conference brethren.

The San Jose Sharks travel more than any other team in the 2013-14 NHL season, their mileage increase is minimal compared to teams in the former Atlantic Division that used to play maybe five games more than two hours away from home. That and an East Coast bias hid Western Conference superiority.

Despite this disadvantage that is often more pronounced in the playoffs, five of the last seven Stanley Cup champions won the Campbell Trophy first.

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