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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think it's just because it feels like it makes sense to be spurned for Philly, New Jersey, or New York. Less sense to be spurned for Columbus.
Never makes sense when you ex leaves you for somebody that you think is uglier than you.
It's a fair point though:
Wells Fargo Center (PHI) is a 44 minute drive to Salem, NJ
Belmont Park (NYI) is a ~3 hour drive to Salem, NJ
Prudential Center (NJD) is a ~2 hour drive to Salem, NJ
Nationwide Arena (CBJ) is a ~8 hour drive to Salem, NJ
Philly was clearly the preferred destination but Fletcher screwed up and went and gave Tony DeAngelo $5M for some reason and then refused to trade JVR.
But really NYI, NJD, and CBJ probably don't have a lot of difference between them. And maybe Johnny just really didn't want to live in the New York metro area.
Philly is a big city too...but it's not New York.
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Yeah it just feels like a complete overreaction because it’s Columbus of all places. The way I look at it, Johnny didn’t choose Columbus over Calgary. We weren’t even an option at that point. If anything, NJ and NYI probably have more reason to be mad.
I don’t know if it was Johnny’s Philly upbringing that’s keeping him from playing for his rivals, but whatever it is, I don’t think it was ever a shot at us. Johnny was great from game #1 here and was everything to this team. I hope everyone can put down the pitchforks long enough to remember all the good he did for this team/community.