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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Kadri's wife is American and she didn't want to move here. That's actually pretty common. This isn't the 80s anymore - hockey wives have a say in where guys play.
To Americans, Canada is like a whole different country. It's cold. They have no friends and family here. Long flights to anywhere rich people want to have fun. To wives it's far from ideal if they plan to have kids and want her parents around to help.
Calgary isn't Edmonton or Winnipeg, but it's not as far off as we want to believe. In polls of NHL players it comes in the bottom third of desirable places to play. And with more NHL players being from the U.S. or having American wives, and couples today wanting to raise the kids with their parents nearby, it's just a reality that Calgary will be on a lot of no-trade lists.
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Didn't they want to stay in Toronto (which is in Canada fyi)