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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Every single point Francis made was completely ######ed. The Flames won't care one iota and if anything they will be happy to have a rivalry back.
It won't cost them millions in TV revenues as Francis suggested. That is BS.
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How does the rivalry add any revenue to the Flames?
Francis was right in them losing fans and merchandise for fans that go back to the Jets. The Jets coming into the Sportsnet West market is bad for the Flames. Not sure how it will affect them monetarily but it certainly isn't adding to the revenue they get from Sportsnet.
At best the Jets are the 3rd rival behind the Oilers and Canucks and unless they are good (which is unlikely looking at the potential roster) we have seen with the Oilers over the past few years that location is not enough to keep up a rivalry.
Healy was dead wrong on the impact of a "rival" coming back and dead wrong on the TV issue as well.