Alex Pietrangelo grew up in King City, On. I don't think its hard to envision why a player who grew up two hours from a low cost of living city would want to play for their team, which happens to be on the brink of contention.
He'd be playing with a defensive partner with the highest upside we've seen in a generation. Not to mention some other high potential game-breaking talent such as Eichel. There's a lot of reasons to avoid Buffalo but there's some merit to the suggestion that he'd waive to play there as well.
