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Originally Posted by Bear
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.
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I do appreciate the response. it's a fair answer. I like to think that there are reasonable fans here, and not just fanatics. I just found it odd there seems to be a number of people who don't enjoy the games for the hockey but appear to force themselves to watch just to complain about what they saw.
Heck it's not like not fanatic oiler fans like the play by play guys any more than people here do.
means more than someone like captain crush trying to be funny with his aquaman picture. typical reaction from someone who care more about people thinking he's funny than actually engaging in discussion.