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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I realised a long time ago that my having the Flames as the team I cheered for was totally arbitrary and that you can start to be a fan of another team pretty easily if you allow yourself to, so I looked at the league and figured the best team to cheer for was going to be Pittsburgh and I started cheering for them. That was before their last three cups, and I'm pretty glad I made that choice. I cheer for the Flames, but also cheering for the Pens has meant that I've had a lot more joy than I would have otherwise. Also, I think watching players who excel and you can admire the talent of is what really being a fan is about, and watching success makes it easy to be a fan. So, come the playoffs I'll be cheering for the Pens again and enjoying it a lot more than I have cheering on the Flames in the regular season.
I did love watching the Flames two seasons ago when they would continually come back late in games and were exciting. But the last two seasons have sucked to watch.
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In the late 90s and early 2000s I was also a Dallas Stars fan. It was very easy. They had my favorite player, Joe Nieuwendyk, and they beat the Oilers in the playoffs nearly every year!
My interest in the team slowly started to wane when Nieuwy went to Dallas and a year later it was all gone.
It is convenient that the Flames weren't so good and the Stars were and then after Nieuwendyk was dealt to Dallas the Flames started to trend up again.
Once again, I'm finding myself becoming a VGK fan. I love Las Vegas and follow many things Vegas and they're doing good and the Flames are not.