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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I will be sad for one day. After that, the team I will hate more than Edmonton will be the Seattle Flames.
Then I will take a break from hockey for one season max - you know, about the same time that the Calgary Cowboys, or the Calgary Killers, or whatever that new NHL franchise is named. Maybe it will be the Calgary Hurricanes. Maybe I will even change my tune and say that I couldn't be happier that we got Lindholm instead of Monahan.
This comes from a fan of the Flames since 1981. The team is free to move on to another location. I will be free to snap my fingers like Beyonce, and start singing the lyrics to Irreplaceable.
Don't for a second believe that I will be alone. Sad to see the Flames leave? For sure. I will get over it though, you can also be sure of that.
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The Flames leave town you'll be cheering for the Oilers for quite some time. If the current ownership can't make it work I don't see a long line of others to give it another go, not without a new building with a sweetheart lease they can get in other cities. Calgary will suffer the same fate as the Jets. You'll have to hope that some major billionaire wants to blow money on a sports team in a second rate city who let their team exit the scene previously. Don't think for a second the NHL would also be complaint in letting a team relocate to Calgary so soon after the Flames left. You'll see Quebec get a team before Calgary. If the Flames move to Seattle, you'll see Portland get a team before Calgary. The city of Calgary will lose their hockey team and that will be that. You'll be pinning for another one for a decade or more. Don't take for granted what you have. Ask the people of St. Louis how they are enjoying their football season.
I am not suggesting that you support any arena proposal, but taking the petulant stance that the Flames can gtfo is just plain silly. You're cutting your nose off to spite your face.