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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Winnipeg is at the top of the standings, and it’s on no star’s short list of preferred teams, and on most lists of teams they won’t play for. Toronto and Edmonton have been contenders for several years now, and they don’t appear on these lists of preferred destinations either.
Being in a low-tax, warm-weather, U.S. city doesn’t automatically make a team a preferred destination. Being a strong team helps too. But location is clearly a big factor. And it’s also a factor in franchises become contenders in the first place - Tkachuk’s short list consisted of his home town and the same cities Rantanen gave. Stone going to Vegas pushed them over the top.
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I think player choices are complicated. So I agree with you in broad strokes.
