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Originally Posted by EddyBeers;4051337[B
]I prefer winning, that is the only thing I care about. [/B]I have gone to two games this year, San Jose and Edmonton. My next game is Minnesota. I prefer winning, I could careless about losing and being "entertained". I do not know a single season ticket holder who shows up for games to be entertained in a losing effort. Last season if you went to all 41 home games and winning was your criteria it was not a bad year with the Flames finishing 11 games over .500 at home. This year not so good with the Flames being 2 games under at home.
That being said, personally I am fine with them losing this year and being entertained. That is because I believe that Sutter got more wins out of this team than was actually there, they outperformed what their actual abilities were last year. As such, I do not think the Flames have a hope for the playoffs and I think that a rebuild is desperately needed in Calgary and will probably come after this season when this team regresses more towards the mean in terms of what they actually are, a slightly below .500 hockey club at the end of the season. If I had to take an educated guess this team will be 3-5-2 after the first ten games, might even be as bad as 2-6-2 as the only game that should be a for sure win is against the Blue Jackets. Such a record might spur on the hockey decisions that in my opinion need to be made.
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I have a 6 year old nephew who thinks the same way, I try to explain to him that the effort is just as important as the result.
No one on earth would say the Flames didn't deserve to win that game, and if they continue play anywhere close to that, they will do just fine.
I was very proud of them last night, they played with skill, heart, and emotion.