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Originally Posted by Joborule
A strong rivalry revived courtesy of a few playoff series may be more beneficial to the Flames (and Oilers of course) since it would generate even more interest in the teams province wide. You may be able to generate more revenue from the casual fanbase that gets interested in a heated Battle of Alberta. If it was just Flames alone, they should generate a greater fanbase province wise, but maybe not that much that's far out of the Calgary region.
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It's been more than 2 decades since they even had a playoff series. The odds of them playing each other in the playoffs even once a decade is now pretty small.
Revenues are pretty close to maxed out in the two buildings in Alberta now anyway. Selling more merchandise doesn't have that big an impact. Casual fans are even more likely to buy Chinese knockoff jerseys as well, and neither team makes any money there.