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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
This organization's love for goons and staged fights in key divisional games far predates Burke.
And then we're all left wondering why Every. Single. Year. October is a miserable black hole of suck from which the team has to bite and claw back just to maybe make it as a wildcard. They never learn.
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You know why that is? Because Calgarians and Flames fans love tough hockey. Everyone gets up when there’s a fight. Some of the most popular players in Flames history are tough guys with no skill (Big Ern, McCarthy, Tim Hunter, Fotiou, Oliwa, Godard, etc).
It would be nice if the very vocal minority can stop assuming that what they like is what the majority of Flames fans like. Calgarians are a tough breed and like their hockey tough, the hockey teams take on the persona of the City they represent. True Albertans like Darryl Sutter understand this and built teams tough and his teams were arguably the most popular in franchise history.