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Originally Posted by getbak

People act like he was born and raised in Boston and has only ever left home to come to these camps.

He grew up in southern New Jersey, closer to Philadelphia than any other NHL city. When he was 17, he moved to Dubuque, Iowa, which is pretty close to the middle of nowhere, where the Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin borders meet. Then, at 18, he moved to Boston for College.

The kid moved further away from his place of birth at the age of 17 than I've lived away from my birth place in 40 years.


I don't know what team he cheered for as a kid, but there are five or six teams closer to Carneys Point, New Jersey than Boston. Even if the Bruins covet him because they'd love the story of a BC hero becoming a Bruin, it doesn't mean he has any desire to go there.

That's a good point but he isn't without ties there. His father is from New England.