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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
it's an honest question. with the disgust for the city, team and players, why lower yourself to watch so many oiler games? and it's not just during the playoff drive right now. it's all year long.
every game people come on with comments on how hard it is to watch and listen to, it's just disgusting. so I'm honestly asking why people keep doing it so often.
the only actual answer was the Gaskal by insinuating it's for the laughs, especially when Edmonton was historically bad. so you could always just answer for yourself instead of deflecting.
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Ok, it should be pretty obvious to you but I'll list a few reasons why Flames fans watch Oilers games:
1) They are our main rivals - people are interested in how they do and are curious as to how we stack up against them.
2) Most Flames fans are hockey fans in general and will watch whatever game is on. The Oilers are in our broadcast region. They typically play on alternating nights to the Flames. Its a hockey fix.
3) You'll like this one... The McDavid effect. I find more people in my social network watch oilers games than ever before as they want to see what the fuss is all about.
For the record, I don't think I've missed more than a handful of Oilers games this year. The commentary is woeful. It doesn't mean I'm going to miss a game of hockey when the viewing alternative is sitting upstairs with the missus watching the bachelor.