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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The list of players who asked for trades or were tough in negotiations because they wanted to be "close to home" is pretty darn short. Even shorter I suspect is a list of players who think they will make big endorsement bucks by playing in the US. Even if Gaudreau went home to Philly his endorsement value would be small (smaller, I bet, than in Calgary) because of the sport he plays.
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So is the list for comparables for players. Point is, we don't know what's going on, and I'm not sure we can rely on assumptions about history to help in predicting the outcome.