This threatening to leave crap from the Flames is absolutely a garbage emotional blackmail move. The Flames threatening to leave is like as if the St. Louis Cardinals or Philadelphia Phillies threatened to leave their respective cities for a place like Oklahoma City because they promised to build a nicer ballpark.
A Canadian city with 1.5 million people in the area with above average disposable income is a superior market to operate a hockey team in and many times over compared to any available market to relocate to and potentially 2/3rds of existing markets with an NHL team. This is a NHL city and Calgarians best understand that and not let Ken King or Brian Burke be the reason to goad us into having the taxpayer cough up a bunch of money that might have better uses.
I'm a STH and huge Flames fan, but when it comes down to it if this is how the Flames feel then f-them, they can move and eventually another team either via expansion or relocation will come back. Maybe it will even be a team good enough to get out of the first round of the playoffs more often than once every 10-15 years!!
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