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Avalanche coach Jared Bednar saw the big picture in an empty lot and leaving his family in South Carolina

There’s a large house two blocks from the Atlantic Ocean near Charleston, S.C., that five years ago was an empty lot. A little grass, some dirt and scattered trash. It wasn’t a large lot — it easily could have been mistaken as part of the neighbor’s unkept side yard — and it certainly didn’t draw the attention of most passersby.

But Jared Bednar is different. He’s always been. Nothing is ever what it is; it’s what it could be.

He didn’t see a desolate space. He saw a five bedroom, 4 ½ bath home. A hot tub and a pool.