That’s Cheveldayoff’s knapsack to carry, not mine
If you choose to make up your mind in advance about a situation that you have not yet seen or experienced, you can miss out on many opportunities and experiences.
Winnipeg’s winters are harsh and it’s a very small city, that’s the bad.
The other downsides are common to other cities.
For many “star” players , Winnipeg is not on their lists and that is their right, they have that in their CBA.
However those with open minds often find themselves going against the grain once they actually live here.
I get annoyed when people on the main boards bash my city incessantly when ;
A) they have never been here.
B) they can’t even spell it.
Truthfully I wouldn’t want to play here as a native of this city because you could never win with some people.
If you are fortunate enough to play professionally why look down your nose at where you might have to spend whatever the career average is playing hockey 7-8 months of the year.
A lot of these players grew up in far less exciting places than here.
As others have pointed out 70% of players don’t have those exclusionary lists.
theathletic.com
