Rightly or wrongly I think the Flames owners would "wear" a move less than Nenshi. Nenshi has the biggest name recognition and I would bet that most Calgarians haven't heard of any owners aside from Edwards. Or they wouldn't care - Edwards doesn't live here, the others are older men at the end of their careers, aside from McCaig who's a youthful 65.
I take the former Quebec mayor's self-assessment of his popularity with a grain of salt. Plus, that team wasn't as big a community fixture - only 16 years old. The Flames are over twice as old a franchise (in Calgary).
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