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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
They're a budget team because they're in a small market. Calgary was in the same boat as Winnipeg not long ago, and if this energy downturn is prolonged, we may be again. I spent enough of my adult life as the fan of a hockey team handcuffed by financial disparity that I have sympathy for other teams in the same boat. There but for the grace of god (and the price of a barrel of WCS) go I.
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Well this was primarily the reason there was opposition to moving the team back to Winnipeg in the first place and using today's dollar is a bit of a cop out as a few years ago the dollar was fine and they still operated like it was a $0.70 dollar.