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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
i think being a young famous millionaire and not wanting this crappy climate plays a role. If you're a millionaire and you can go anywhere and do anything would you pick edmonton, winnipeg etc?
aside from vancouver and toronto to some extent, Canada isn't the best place for that lifestyle, but I have no idea what being filthy rich is like so I am very presumptuous.
Personally if i won the lotto i'd be down in Florida or the carribean that day, only thing better is healthcare and when you're rich I can't imagine that being much of a concern
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There's a very legitimate argument that Canada is a better place to raise a family. Maybe not for the very wealthy, but it's a relatively small portion of NHLers who really fall into the ultra rich camp where living in a Miami or NYC wouldn't be a barrier to having everything you need for your kids at a wealthy-level lifestyle.
So your Auston Matthews of the world aren't going to come to Calgary, but that's not a legitimate issue in the first place. We either draft that kind of player or never get him. It's the mid- to upper-mid tier UFAs that are really in contention here and we have been able to get some of those guys (namely Markstrom).