Despite being one of the worst franchises in the NHL over the past 30 years you have to admit the fans in general are pretty upbeat. Maybe we have simply become so used to this that we are conditioned for the annual disappointments and failures as you don't ever see paper bags over Flames fans heads. Season ticket base is extremely healthy considering the lack of success.
We are down at the moment on the current team but really this mediocre .500 team is exactly the same team we have cheered on for decades with only difference being the cast. It's beginning to look like this organization is simply incapable of finding the right players and coaches and an elite team is simply not in the cards for this franchise. When they have a great coach the talent level is thin (that 2004 Flames were major overachievers) and when there's actually decent talent they don't have the right coach. The organization can never get everything right and the cycles continues to repeat over and over. Depressing but all you can do is hope for better times.
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