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Originally Posted by azzarish
I haven't seen any Oilers flags but seen a few Flames flags. A lot of people in this city don't even follow hockey or the Flames. It might sound surprising but it's true. It's much more evident to me than a city like Edmonton. Once the town is built up in to a crescendo of emotion and the red mile is bouncing a lot of people will jump on the bandwagon.
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Calgary was in the playoffs a few years ago so it's not like local fans have been waiting ten years for this. I recall in 2004 there was more excitement than any series I can remember post 1989 and the Canucks first round series was the loudest I had ever heard in the dome by a longshot. There's simply more of a playoff fever up north due to the fans being starved for a decade.