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Vanek has always indicated that if an extension could not be worked out with Buffalo he would prefer to go to Minnesota, that's where he went to college and played NCAA hockey, where a lot of his friends are too.
He really preferred not to move his family and stay in upstate New York, but with the Sabres rebuilding they had to ship him out for future assets. The city of Buffalo is a lot like NJ and Detroit, gets a horrible rap as boring, old, industrial driven cities and not as exciting as other major NHL cities, but the surrounding areas like Amherst and other areas of upstate NY are extremely affluent and a lot of players current and retired love living and make their permanent homes there. Just like how New Jersey is a industrial/old/slow city, but the residential areas surrounding NJ are extremely affluent where many of the Devils, Rangers and even Flyers players live.
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