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Home is where one makes it and JT's offseason home is in Pittsburgh.

However, I don't know much about East Palenstine being a Pittsburgh suburb. I certainly wouldn't go by proximity to another state's city as a gauge. Pullman Washington for example is super close to Moscow, Idaho. Without getting into politics, let's just say they are quite different.

I didn't know JT lived in Pittsburgh in the offseason. But it makes sense; he speaks of growing up and playing minor hockey in the Pittsburgh area. American states can be quite small so you see this situation quite frequently where a large city kind of spills across state liines. The late Johnny Gaudreau was another example of this, growing up in New Jersey quite close to Philadelphia and consifdering himself a Philly guy.

 

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I didn't know JT lived in Pittsburgh in the offseason. But it makes sense; he speaks of growing up and playing minor hockey in the Pittsburgh area. American states can be quite small so you see this situation quite frequently where a large city kind of spills across state liines. The late Johnny Gaudreau was another example of this, growing up in New Jersey quite close to Philadelphia and consifdering himself a Philly guy.

Ya I mean proximity to bigger cities where you hang out does play a role but things like country and to a much lesser extent provincial/state lines play a role as well. Cranbrook is much closer to say Spokane than it is to Vancouver. Take Travis Green. He's from Castlegar, B.C. He's closer to Calgary than he is to Vancouver. Certainly when he played for Spokane that is relatively close to home.