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flames_fan13 · 05-19-2012, 05:55 PM

I'm not sure Calgary would be a viable place for the farm team. The schedule conflicts would be difficult to figure out. That would be 3(WHL, NHL, AHL) different leagues trying to get ice availability.

I think the organization is going to have to be a little more patient in Abbotsford. I think they've done a better job marketing the team within the community since Ryan Walter took over the president's job. I was talking to a local marlies fan that was at the last playoff game and he said he was surprised at how good the hockey was and he would have come to more games if he had known before. And the construction on the trans canada highway doesn't help getting people to come in from the lower mainland.

05-19-2012, 05:55 PM	#886
flames_fan13 First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Richmond Exp:	I'm not sure Calgary would be a viable place for the farm team. The schedule conflicts would be difficult to figure out. That would be 3(WHL, NHL, AHL) different leagues trying to get ice availability. I think the organization is going to have to be a little more patient in Abbotsford. I think they've done a better job marketing the team within the community since Ryan Walter took over the president's job. I was talking to a local marlies fan that was at the last playoff game and he said he was surprised at how good the hockey was and he would have come to more games if he had known before. And the construction on the trans canada highway doesn't help getting people to come in from the lower mainland. __________________ GO FLAMES GO!!!!