It’s virtually a straight line, the 1,297 miles that separates Winnipeg from Dallas, a 21-hour trip by car, about three hours by plane.
It’s a blink of an eye though for Nolan Patrick, last year’s odds-on choice as the draft’s first pick until a recurring core muscle injury gave the New Jersey Devils cold feet, allowing him to slip to the Flyers as the second pick overall.
“Seems like it was yesterday, honestly,’’ Patrick was saying from his Winnipeg home the other day.
Which is odd, since Patrick’s rookie season with the Flyers was anything but a breeze.