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Originally Posted by djsFlames
The homerism isn't even close to those Canadian markets.
Not even close.
It's more a cheerleader approach by a select few, with others being pretty impartial, rather than the easily obnoxious medias of Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal markets. At one time it was that way in Vancouver too. The same overconfident groups demonize very quickly and easily on the flip side.
In Calgary it seems like expectations are quite tempered in comparison, and in both senses. Francis is of course in the Flames pocket and Wills always has his pom poms out, but 960 and some of the writers are typically reserved about giving the Flames a ton of credit after a few wins (sometimes annoyingly), and tend to retain a sense of cautious optimism. In Toronto and Edmonton a win streak leads to aspirations of dynasties, and it's embarrassingly stupid. But that's what cities of teams that are not used to winning get like when they suddenly get a month or a season to go their way.
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???? Flames are used to winning ????
I don't know what your media is like but the Leafs coverage can get damn toxic when they are playing poorly.
I feel like every fanbases media gets pretty high when the team is playing well for a while. I watched the 3rd period of the Flames game tonight and they seemed quite content. Way more positive than any Leafs coverage I've heard this season.