[Makarov]

Originally Posted by mrdonkey

Those lists you’re referring to are both informed by and targeted at Joe and Jane Lunch Bucket, not professional athletes making millions of dollars a year who typically have wives and families used to living among the social elite. I’m sure places like Columbus and Ottawa have their own nice little lists of reasons why they’re so amazing, but it means nothing in this context.

There’s a reason Calgary is consistently listed among those teams, and yes, also among Edmonton and Winnipeg, on almost every player’s no-trade list. When you have the option of playing and living in virtually any major US city, or hell, even Vancouver, Montreal, or Toronto, a podunk cowboy town like Calgary stuck in the middle of nowhere does not measure up. There is nothing here for you if you’re not in the energy business.

I stand by my point.

Well, that escalated quickly.