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Originally Posted by New Era
To be honest with you, Calgary is pretty much inconsequential to much of the world outside of Calgary and Edmonton. Not many teams in the NHL give a rip about Calgary or what Calgary does any more than any other team cares about Columbus or what Columbus does. The Flames aren’t a laughing stock because no body really pays that much attention to them. Maybe once the team becomes a serious contender or proves they can sustain some level of competitiveness over the years, then maybe people will think about Calgary. As it sits they are no different than any of the league’s middling to bottom performing franchises. Just not enough success to care about what they do or do not do.
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This is true. I'm sure there were some raised eyebrows and chuckles out east when this was announced on Friday but today nobody outside of Alberta overly cars about this swap of players. I imagine if you polled a bunch of supposed hockey fans in Ontario to name the team that finished first in the Western Conference last season plenty wouldn't even know it was the Flames.