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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
Here is what I don't understand. I have never seen a baseball player refuse to play for the Yankees or Red Soxs due to the pressure and then sign with Tampa or a NFL player say they don't want to play for the Patriots or Cowboys because of the pressure and don't want to be recognized out and about and then sign with Jacksonville. But in the NHL it happens to every Canadian NHL team, is the pressure that much worse playing hockey I'm Canada?
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It is far easier to go relatively incognito in larger cities. The Canadian cities are not only smaller, but there is one big show in town (hockey), and hockey players are recognized everywhere they go, by virtually everyone they run into.
The other thing is that there are definitely players in other sports avoiding NY and Boston to go play in Tampa, or wherever - it definitely happens, whether you're hearing about it or not. There are people that relish the spotlight, and people that avoid it. And everything in between.