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GreenLantern · 07-01-2014, 02:06 PM

I know that there is a large ego surrounding the city of Calgary, but let us face facts here. This isn't a desireable location in the hockey sense if you want to win, the team is in rebuild mode and will be for at least 2 more years. So right away the Flames have to over pay. After that, they are in the middle of the pack for desireable cities in Canada. Above Edmonton/Winnipeg, on par with Ottawa, but below Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver.

So you have a team that isn't winning and that most people don't want to live in.. that means you have to over pay. Let's just be glad it isn't a longer term than it is..

07-01-2014, 02:06 PM	#268
GreenLantern One of the Nine Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Space Sector 2814 Exp:	I know that there is a large ego surrounding the city of Calgary, but let us face facts here. This isn't a desireable location in the hockey sense if you want to win, the team is in rebuild mode and will be for at least 2 more years. So right away the Flames have to over pay. After that, they are in the middle of the pack for desireable cities in Canada. Above Edmonton/Winnipeg, on par with Ottawa, but below Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver. So you have a team that isn't winning and that most people don't want to live in.. that means you have to over pay. Let's just be glad it isn't a longer term than it is.. __________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"