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Originally Posted by manwiches

We did too for our second.

I can empathize with both sides.

I already stated what I would have done in his shoes earlier (play 8 here, sign a retirement contract in east coast, cement legacy). But that's me. Despite how close we are with our families, my wife and I are different than the Gaudreaus.

As noted, father w health issues, new baby, close knit family, among other things... I really don't fault the guy. It must have been a brutally difficult decision he wrestled with for a while.

When we entertained the offer to move for my work, my wife and I agonized for weeks. We negotiated, thinking they would never meet our requests or demands. When they did tho, we did opposite of Johnny, and felt if we had turned it down, it would have been negotiating in bad faith, and I likely would have had to leave my company.

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And it is not likely that your parents sacrificed as much of their own life as Johnny's having you playing on a hockey team as a 13 year old a 2 hr drive away from home.