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Originally Posted by bluck
Reporter - Why Columbus? You had offers from Calgary and other places.
JG - "I've gotten to play here many times, its a lot of fun to play here, the fans are into it, a lot of buzz in the arena, good young group here, me and my wife thought it was a really good fit for us, this one was the best personally where we are in our life and made the most sense"
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This is the part I think a lot of observers really miss, you’ve got a young person who’s spent the majority of their 20’s visiting/playing in literally every major city in North America, who’s got a decision to make about where to settle down with their family.
I can’t be the only one who visits a new city and always leaves with a sense of “yeah I could/couldn’t live there” afterwards. I’m sure Columbus wasn’t #1 on Gaudreau’s list of teams/cities, but I can’t imagine he hasn’t done his research over the years and kept in the “Yeah I could see playing here” column.