The losing culture most are talking about here is more along the lines of slumps. I don't know if I've ever seen a team come close to having a "losing culture" because you can see in most every team that they're not happy when they lose and they prefer to win.
Irregardless (ya I went there....it's not really a word but auto correct didn't fix it) I don't think the Flames are even remotely close to having to worry about a losing culture with the current team. Guys are doing just about anything they can to win. As some fans want them to lose now to get a better pick, it's not much different then when fans want them to win at the beginning of the year. If the fans who want the Flames to finish in 30th and "cheer for losses" control the culture of the team, it'll be fixed at the beginning of next year when those same fans are cheering for wins.
I do think that it does exist but I don't know if I've seen it exist in any NHL team other than the oilers.
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