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Originally Posted by Jets4Life
I have a feeling that more and more US star players will be requesting to play north of the border, as the taxes are only going to go up in America.
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Or not. That's just speculative on your part, and while I don't know you, I'll guess you're not an economist.
Also, to expect players to want to return "home" just because that's where they are from... it doesn't necessarily follow. The Flames learned that first hand with Brad Stuart. We do see it trotted out fairly often though - the "hometown discount" mentality.
Different people have different priorities, but asking myself which NHL cities I would live in given a 10% fluctuation in my salary, I would live almost anywhere before I would live in Calgary, Edmonton, or Winnipeg. That's said as someone who grew up on the prairies and lived in all three places throughout my childhood. I enjoyed living there, and liked the outdoors, skiing, and pond hockey.
But as an adult it was just too damn cold for my blood, and all three markets don't have the food, night life, or metropolitan cache that a lot of larger markets do. That's something I didn't learn until I lived elsewhere and saw what other places had to offer.
I love Calgary. But wearing sandals and shorts in October is pretty decent too.