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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I think CP actually represents an excellent cross section of the fanbase opinion. I don't think it's just some small subset of like 6 people with an opinion. I think it's more of a larger community than people give credit, with a larger degree of credibility than people give credit. I bet much of the Flames and their management read this site to get a good feel for the fans' opinions. It is great as a marketing tool, really. I just think they were like screw it, it's our team let's do what we want.
If you go back in this thread, find one or two concepts that fans have made that get a ridiculous amount of "thanks", I bet those concepts would outsell this potential oncoming disaster.
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And I am suspecting CP has at most, a thousand or so actual season ticket equivalent holders? A cross section, possibly of hardcore fans, but I am guessing 85%+ of Flames season ticket holders have never heard or visited CalgaryPuck, let alone fans that don't come to the internet for this type of discussion.
As for the jersey, the third jersey, with "Calgary" on it, has nothing to do with the concepts presented, most of which are re-doing the current home and away.
This new alternate jersey, as all are, are strictly marketing, and this will undoubtedly be revealed as a tribute/recognition to the City of Calgary and be marketed as such...an worn the 6-8 times per year mandated by the league.
If I were to guess, in the next 2-3 years, the Flames primary uniforms will be re-done with the retro feel we've seen in some of these concepts, making the retro they've used as the alternate last three years, redundant.