“Later on in the season when we start adding up all these single-game road trips, I think that’s when we’ll realize that some of those longer road trips where we get a bunch of games and spend a lot of time together on the road — we always appreciated that,” Toews said. “(The circus trip) took away a lot of days you’re traveling instead of going to and from Chicago all the time. It’s a lot different this year. I prefer it the way it was before.”