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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Does anyone consider the Jets a rival of the Flames? We have bigger "rivalries" with all of California, with Detroit, with Tampa, and with Montreal than we do with Winnipeg.
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No question, the California rivalries are much bigger, but the Flames "rivalries" with the bolded teams is not at all obvious. Detroit? Why? Because of a couple playoff series played more than a decade ago? TB? Because of 2004? Of course, there are sentimental reasons to love beating these teams, but the Flames still play both of them only two times every year. They get four games against Winnipeg, and I get the sense from most fans that intra-national games between every Canadian team are on another level than mere inter-Conference or inter-Divisional games.
I would absolutely consider Winnipeg one of the Flames' top out-of-Division rival.