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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
What Ken King promised (for years) that the Flames would deliver on fell incredibly short of what happened. For them to negotiate with the nuclear threat of leaving - well, just press the damn button and leave, or get your damn butts back in front of council and hammer something out that is actually fair.
Just like a girlfriend I loved in the past but didn't work out, I know I will move on, and probably find a better one again.
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This has to happen on both sides, just sitting there believing that the Flames should go back crawling hat in hand saying please sir can I have some more, isn't going to happen.
There has to be a reason, interest and enthusiasm on both sides to even start kick starting this process.
Both sides have acted like petulant 12 year olds, but the reality is there is no parent trapesque hilarious trapping both parties in the basement until they fall in love with each other again end of story here.
The fact is that when the Flames said they're not exploring this anymore I believe that they are quite serious about it. When Nenshi basically left it to the Flames to restart negotiations, I believe that he's serious about it.
When Bettman says that he's not talking about it, I don't believe that there's any interest in his part of re-inserting himself unless the flames ask him to.
We're at an impasse and nothing will be done until about half a year before the Flames contract to use the dome expires.