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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
Which is also kind of dumb because there are a bunch of western teams that are in similar proximity to "home" as CLB is for the Gaudreaus.
So this really comes down to her wanting to go home and has little to do with Gaudreau wanting to go home, and also explains the bizarro decisions and way this all rolled out.
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Just not true. Name one western team that is a 7 hour drive to Salem New Jersey.... Next closest gotta be Nashville or St.Louis which are an additional 7 hours on top of that. Add on that one of U.S. largest most esteemed children's hospitals are in columbus, his wife is a pediatric nurse and she has extended family out there.
Can we Calgarians not understand that Columbus is just a Shuswap away from his home town lol. How many times you driven to the Okanangan for a weekend, now how many times you driven to Vancouver for a weekend? (it isn't the same). Sure there are some eastern teams closer but who knows who/what they offered. NJ seemed to make the most sense but he grew up a Philly fan. I look at like if my best offer was from the Edmonton Oilers, I would take the worse contract in Winnipeg lol!
At first glance it didn't make a lot of sense, but with a little bit of digging it makes perfect sense. He chose his wife, future kids and extended family over $ and arguably hockey. I respect him more as man, but I want every player on the Calgary Flames to be willing to sacrifice their first born for a Stanley cup (jokes).