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moon · 11-19-2012, 10:05 PM

I am always confused by this considering the risk involved in these guys never playing for the Flames at all.

With development, trades, injuries etc. it seems at best Gaudreau is 50/50 to ever play for the Flames and we all saw how cheering for Erixon worked out for Flames fans when he played (not that I think that Gaudreau will turn into an Erixon situation.)

I can see cheering for a guy but really don't get cheering against your country for a rival team just because some guy who was drafted by the Flames plays on the team.

I could kind of see if Baertschi or a first overall pick that was 99% sure of playing for the team was there, even then still hope Canada would destroy them, but for a risky guy like Gaudreau it seems odd to cheer for the whole American team to do better than Canada.

11-19-2012, 10:05 PM	#412
moon Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lethbridge Exp:	I am always confused by this considering the risk involved in these guys never playing for the Flames at all. With development, trades, injuries etc. it seems at best Gaudreau is 50/50 to ever play for the Flames and we all saw how cheering for Erixon worked out for Flames fans when he played (not that I think that Gaudreau will turn into an Erixon situation.) I can see cheering for a guy but really don't get cheering against your country for a rival team just because some guy who was drafted by the Flames plays on the team. I could kind of see if Baertschi or a first overall pick that was 99% sure of playing for the team was there, even then still hope Canada would destroy them, but for a risky guy like Gaudreau it seems odd to cheer for the whole American team to do better than Canada.