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Originally Posted by jayswin
Personally, I'd do it. And contrary to what people state, his wife was very happy to stay in Calgary.
Wife's preference = Calgary/eastern team that isn't too close to Johnny's party friends near home, so they could have their own little life away from his ****ty friends. (She really liked it in Calgary because it was a place where she could have her own life with him away from his partying friends, along with genuinely liking the city)
Johnny's preference = Close to his family, party friends (Philly/New Jersey). Johnny would have taken New Jersey even at a lower contract in a heart beat, Columbus was the last minute compromise for them.
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Dude, this sounds like complete and utter crap. First of all, he was married man, a soon to be dad and his best friend was a married Sean Monahan. Second of all, an NHL season is extremely busy filled with games, practices, recovery, media, commitments, travel and etc all within a short time span. If she was worried about his excessive partying, it would be the offseason when athletes have all the time in world to party. Long road trips would be a decent time to party as well but that's every team in the NHL.
So I fail to see how his location during the season would be a bigger deal than herself seeing as how she has actually live here 24/7. She doesn't get to travel for half the year, she doesn't get to go to warm climates during the cold snaps of the city. Her husband would be gone on road trips and leaving her behind pregnant and alone. It's probably not all that dissimilar to moving to a much smaller, colder city where you leave all your friends and you life behind.
I know friends who had to move to Saskatchewan for work and they absolutely couldn't stand it. They didn't know anyone, it was hard to meet people and they ended up just drinking themselves into alcoholism because of the loneliness. Honestly, I wouldn't blame anyone for coming into a similar situation and not being happy. Even if she did like it here, she definitely didn't get to build a life here like Johnny did over the course of 8 years. He and his parents were beloved here.