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Originally Posted by 868904
I think the NHL realizes that Calgary is a much better hockey market and they can pull at Calgarians heart strings a lot more than they can in Ottawa.
Most people in Ottawa are transplants and their hockey loyalties are with other franchises. I've seen more people wearing Flames gear in Ottawa than Senators gear and it wasn't even during hockey season.
If they made a serious threat to move the Senators, most people in Ottawa would be "meh".
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If the Flames were in last place, just came off trading away Giordano, Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm and Backlund and the team was essentially just Andersson & Tkachuk with a few prospects and picks acquired you wouldn't see much Flames gear around town either.