“When you establish a core group of guys, you sign them long-term, and they know they're going to be there together. But how does translate to the ice, you ask? In a couple of years, they’ll need a bigger Family Lounge at Rogers Place. Mike Smith had a brood, but he’s gone now. It’s been forever since we’ve tripped over players’ kids in the post-practice dressing room. He’s engaged, and they’re going to start a family, hopefully.
Then when you have success, that also fosters (the feeling) that Edmonton isn’t a bad place to play. I mean, the guy is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, waiving his no-move clause? He wanted to play in Edmonton. “Duncan (Keith) really helped that last year coming in. Doesn’t that list come out every year that has us at the top of the “Cities Players Least Like To Play In” next to Winnipeg and Buffalo? It’s just a great city to be a part of.”įorgive us for blushing a bit here in Edmonton, but having players coming from around the hockey world to sign long-term deals and raise families is not something we’re used to. “So we’re very much normal people away from the rink. Like yesterday: My wife went over to Tyson (Barrie’s) with the Nurses, and the three boys went and played around together and right.
“So the girls (wives and girlfriends) are hanging out all the time the kids play together. or Europe,” said Hyman, whose second son (Bennett) was born this past summer. “A lot of guys aren't necessarily from Edmonton, right? They’re from Toronto and Vancouver, the U.S. This is the story of a hockey team that’s finally grown up, from a bunch of kids spending their nights at the bar to a group of couples with kids and dogs, hanging around the park.
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