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Originally Posted by GioforPM
The statement was, I thought, a lot like what Burke said and what King said. If they can't get to a solution, they will have little choice.
Hotchkiss' statements were designed to put pressure on the fans and the government as well (since he squeezed the latter on the lease deal). you could make exactly the same arguments about his statements that you are making about the present people involved. You just like Hotchkiss and don't like Edwards/King/Bettman (who was also in on the earlier stuff).
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The situation at that time was completely different. The team only had 9000 season ticket holders, at some of the lowest prices in the league. Hotchkiss provided actual figures of projected losses and at nearly 100 million over the coming 4-5 years.
The Flames are well supported here these days and are unable to make the same claims as Hotchkiss. Given, the Flames recent message is that they are doing ok for now, but it could get bad in the long run at which time they will need to evaluate options.