from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

Between now and Dec. 1, the Jets will be the busiest team in the NHL.

They will reel off 19 games over the next 33 days, change time zones 10 times, cross the border eight times and fly roughly 26,585 kilometres. Along the way, they’ll enjoy two consecutive off-days just once — and play four sets of back-to-back contests.

These are the breaks of being one of the NHL’s most geographically isolated teams, located smack dab in the middle of the map — where it’s just as easy for the schedule maker to send the Jets east one night and west the next.

To combat the grind as best as possible, the Jets have implemented a few key changes to their routine after experimenting with sports science during an equally gruelling stretch late last season.

“We are now more focused on active recovery rather than pure days off,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said Wednesday. “We used a number of different things last year during a stretch of games every other night for a month and a half.”

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