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Redliner · 11-11-2009, 11:38 AM

The lockout was all about one paramount objective for the owners: cost certainty. Although the 2004 run and the Oil boom in Calgary certainly didn't hurt the Flames, they would have had a very difficult time keeping a competitive core together if they had to bid for players against the likes of Detroit, New York, and Toronto. Even though the "Save the Flames" campaign was in 2000, it can be argued that they weren't really out of the woods until the new CBA was implemented.

11-11-2009, 11:38 AM	#17
Redliner Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time Exp:	The lockout was all about one paramount objective for the owners: cost certainty. Although the 2004 run and the Oil boom in Calgary certainly didn't hurt the Flames, they would have had a very difficult time keeping a competitive core together if they had to bid for players against the likes of Detroit, New York, and Toronto. Even though the "Save the Flames" campaign was in 2000, it can be argued that they weren't really out of the woods until the new CBA was implemented. __________________ "There will be a short outage tonight sometime between 11:00PM and 1:00AM as network upgrades are performed. Please do not panic and overthrow society. Thank you."