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Originally Posted by Obsidian
I don't understand how people can become emotionally tied to a team that isn't their hometown or the place they reside in... unless there is no team representing their locale. Otherwise they're just complete bandwagoners, which I don't have much respect for. Especially stupid when there's hardcore hawks, rangers or detroit fans north of the border that have no actual ties to the city. Just makes me shake my head.
I cheered for Boston because of the Iginla ties and when they were facing the Canucks. But not anymore.
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Haven't posted in a while, but this is something I get asked all the time. I've lived near Chicago my whole life. My first NHL game was a Flames/Blackhawks game. My uncle was a huge Hawks fan and I liked cheering against them as a joke. Well Theo Fleury caught my eye because he was the smallest guy on the ice and quickly became my favorite player. We went to more Flames/Hawks games and I became an Iginla fan too as he was breaking into the league.
I liked both teams for the longest time and was heartbroken in 2004 because before then, being a Flames fan in Illinois meant I could see them when they played the Hawks and I got to be them in video games, but I couldn't follow them much, so it was amazing to watch them in the playoffs. I was happy for the Hawks when they got better, but the 2009 series and mainly the "fans" that popped out of nowhere really turned me off to them. I'm a die hard Flames fan and I haven't even been to Calgary. You don't have to live near a team to be a fan.
Also, random fun fact, I was born during the '89 run and I found out a few years ago that on the night I was born, the Flames beat the Hawks in Chicago. It was meant to be.