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Old 08-28-2019, 02:01 PM   #1006
powderjunkie
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew View Post
They asked Iginla why they moved to Boston. Stated that it was because of kids who play travel hockey. Denver was too isolated and required too much travel for tournaments (he has 3 kids playing) and they were sick of travel.

So they presented options to the kids. Boston was still fresh in their minds so they chose Boston. He said it had been many years since they were in Calgary and kids were much younger at that time so probably why they didn't pick Calgary.

So Jarome is like the rest of us. The kids wield a ton of power in the household!
It's also a better place to live a mostly anonymous life. Would be pretty hard for the kids to have a 'normal-ish' life in Calgary (to whatever extent being a superstar athlete's kid can be 'normal')
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