Well, there is the catch-22, how do you build a winner if nobody is willing to play there?
Ok man, then tell me, why is it that every time we hear of a player that is on the trade block and has a NMC or NTC for example, why is it that pretty much every Canadian team is on the list? And those players always use that clause to deny a trade to Canada? Specifically Edmonton, although it really applies to all the Canadian teams. But we always hear that Edmonton is at the top of those lists.
Ok, maybe its not -40 for months on end, but I guarantee it feels like it goes on forever (I live in the same climate and I don't have a problem living in winter weather, but even I get tired of it after 5 to 6 months of winter)...sooner or later, people are going to have to realize that nobody wants to play there when they can just as easily play somewhere where there is nice weather, still get paid big money AND have anonymity walking down the street, and little to no pressure from fans or media. Do you really think its a coincidence that the best teams in the west are all in Cali?
Its actually the 5th draft (Hall, Nuge, Yak, Nurse, 2014 draft), but that's just splitting hairs...and agreed about Winnipeg, them coming back into the league made us the 2nd least desirable place to play, which I suppose is a moral victory, kind of like a backhanded compliment. And thanks for backing me up on the weather thing, it is a real thing, although I suppose I exaggerated a bit when I said its months on end, what I meant was that it probably just feels like that.
