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Originally Posted by Royle9
I would imagine Calgary would be a place Hall would like to play if given the opportunity completely based on the fact he's from Calgary and grew up Cheering for the Flames.
Now of course money/taxes etc plays a large roll in where a player chooses to "lace them up"  but you would have to think if Calgary were one of the teams in the running for his services that Taylor would be pretty keen to speak extension with the Flames even though he's saying he wants to go UFA.
I cant see him not wanting to play for Calgary if the opportunity was there and an extension could be reached. I'd almost wager he would accept a few less bucks to play for the Flames if that meant a long term contract but maybe I'm wrong.
I know as a kid growing up a Flames fan, if I were lucky enough to make millions playing hockey and the chance to play for the flames presented itself I'd totally give up a few bucks to play for my home team  |
Yes, don't disagree, but it sounds like from a business perspective, he's going to go to UFA to maximize this contract. The only way to maximize your pay check is to actually hit UFA, and be willing to go to the place that pays you the most (you can't actually leverage the best offer, even if it's to get the same offer somewhere else if you won't go to the place who's giving you the most).
What that says to me is he's valuing dollars over location. All things being equal, I bet Calgary would be somewhere he'd like to play (I have no idea actually, but agree with your logic), but can Calgary and our cap space actually offer up the cash needed in the end to get it to an all things being equal decision, and would we want to? Point being, I doesn't seem like he'll be offering a home town discount to come play here.