I just wanted to do what was best for me and my family, obviously. But I wanted to be here, I wanted to keep playing here, especially because I didn't have that many months here.
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"Being one of the foundational players that kind of helped build the program [in Toronto], it means so much to me. But at the end of the day, when you think of an opportunity to go to an expansion team and to be able to bring what I bring off of the ice, but to be able to bring the level of play that I also bring on the ice, I think is something really special and something that [Vancouver GM Cara Gardner Morey] had recognized and identified with me, and something that I really appreciated."
"These projections are based on my personal evaluations from game film, the NFL scouting combine, pro days and interviews, as well as information from personnel executives and other talent evaluators."