I don't remember anyone here blinking an eye when Travis Hamonic wanted off the Island to be closer to home. With the contract he was on at the time we screamed from the rooftops "Calgary is only a 90 minute flight from Winnipeg, make it happen Tre!" It's like JG had to live down the street from Mom and Dad for some people to be satisfied with the decision he earned the right to make. I assume logistics of manhandling a package of carseatstrollerbagsandbaby through customs 6 times a year, possible enhanced border restrictions again, and the spotlight of being "the guy" in a hockey crazed market made him step back to see if that's what he wanted a young family endure for 8 years. I had also forgotten about Sir Guy's heart attack.
It's painful to think about how exciting the team was only 5 months ago and now we're staring down the barrel of some bleak bleak years again but you do you, John.
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