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Originally Posted by The Fonz
The type of comments being exhibited in this thread are, IMO, an example of why players (including Canadians) increasingly don’t want to play in Canadian markets.
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Players don't want to play in Canadian markets because they don't like cold, small, heavily taxed cities. Not because of mean comments. Have you met an east coast hockey fan? They're crazy and much more mean than Canadian fans. My friend lives in NYC and can't wear his Flames jersey to any of the games when the team is in town because of how stupid people there are.
Anyway people suggesting family or wife influence are wrong. Johnny never really wanted to be here. Yeah sure I think he liked Calgary more than he thought he would and I'm sure he has a softspot for the city but his heart was always back home. Tonnes of examples of that, it was clear from Day 1. Might be tough for people to hear but this wasn't nefarious people whispering in his ear, johnny made the decision on his own. The Flames were his safety school/side chick during this whole process, time to accept it and move on. I'm personally excited for a rebuild where we can acquire some high end corn fed Western Canadian studs like me that actually wanna be here!