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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Yeah I felt that way too when I thought he was going to PHI/NJ/NYI/NYR. But now that it's Columbus, I see it differently. That's really not that close, he's most likely still having to fly to see his family.
Between that and stringing the Flames along until the 11th hour even though its come out he knew "early on" he wasn't coming back to Calgary, and this leaves a sour taste in my mouth. He's so Tavares now - only worse. At least Tavares just went home to his childhood pj's team. Johnny's random (seemingly desperate) choice is so much more insulting.
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See, again, this is what’s weird to me, if he goes to the Islanders, nobody bats an eye, but he chooses Columbus and that’s not okay. I don’t get it, he’s still out east, in the same time zone as his family and they’re still a long drive away regardless if it was Nassau County or Columbus. The only city that would’ve been extremely close in proximity was Philadelphia, but they made no offer.
In the end, Calgary was never an option anyway. It wasn’t like, Calgary vs Columbus. It was, do I live in NJ or Long Island or Columbus and he chose the latter. It’s kind of like Travis Hamonic only wanting to play in Western Canada. Vancouver isn’t really that close to Manitoba, but it’s still Western Canada. Johnny did the same thing, he wanted to play out east and now he is. It’s not even that bad, like driving from Saskatoon to Calgary. 6 or 7 hours, my friend does it all the time.