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Originally Posted by Beninho
There’s a difference between enjoying good hockey and actively become a “fan” of a team because they are good. If a team is great kids will like them and Vegas is very likeable so no problem there. As a passionate Flames fan I could never actively cheer for any other team like I do for the flames, even if they are playing a team I hate. I don’t know how people have “second” teams, that just doesn’t make sense for me. Maybe it’s because I’ve grown up in a soccer family with intense loyalties but I could never cheer for another hockey team with the same passion as I do for the flames.
Maybe I take sports too seriously, but I still think people in Calgary who are from and live in Calgary who wear Knights jerseys are tools and bandwagon jumpers. I don’t care if you’ve been a fan from the beginning, don’t come back to the Flames whenever they decide to become decent again.
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I'm a Flames fan through and through. But when they are out and another team grows on me in the POs, yeah, I will cheer for them. Or I will cheer a team that plays a team I don't want to win. Vegas checks both boxes for me.
Plus, as a new expansion team, Vegas has a bit of charm. I think people were ready to cheer them on as a secondary team as "lovable losers". The Sharks got a bit of that.