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Originally Posted by christopherj
To be fair... it has less to do with the weather/city, and more to do with the success of the team. That's why a city like Detriot is never on a no-trade list.
The Oilers will be on nearly all of them right now... not because of the city, but because of 9 straight years of being awful.
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A lot of players, particularly players 27+ who have wives and families, will take living situations into perspective. It's why players have little issue playing for Tampa/Florida/Nashville (no taxes) or Arizona/Dallas/LA/Anaheim (great, year-round warm weather). This doesn't mention housing markets or any other little ticks that individuals like. At the end of the day hockey players are people, too, and we often forget this.
QC wouldn't be a very desirable location for young American kids coming out of college, or for prairie boys from out west, IMO. However, at the end of the day, hockey is hockey.
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