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Originally Posted by transplant99
What does that have to do with anything?
2 guys that wanted to get dealt that are under contract and have no say in their final destination....got dealt.
This will be a guy with a singular destination in mind because of family and where he is comfortable, has already made life altering money, who is UFA and can choose where he goes.....and has stated it as a place he would like to play some day.
There is a reasonable argument to be made that the Flyers may not want/afford him which leads to him having to go elsewhere and at that point maybe the Flames have the inside track based on familiarity and team competitiveness.
But to suggest that if presented the same deal from both teams he would choose the Flames when his bride to be, his family and in fact his entire non-hockey life is around Philly...is pretty easy to scoff at.
This is from 3 1/2 years ago.
What has changed since, other than his bride-to-be also now living there and a very good friend playing with the Flyers?
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What has changed? The guy just said he loves playing in Calgary and could see himself playing his whole career here. Speculation is fine, maybe he will go to Philly or somewhere else when or if he hits UFA but stating that as a known thing like Francis and some posters here are is where I take issue.