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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
If you’re taking the time to read this forum, become a member of the forum and post on it, you’re probably not a “bandwagon” fan.
Using the bandwagon monicker is ridiculously lazy. If you can think of reasons why people expressing their frustrations over this team are wrong, take the effort to articulate them rather than churn out a lazy, mean nothing to the people who post here, moniker.
This isn’t “1 game”.
A minus 17 goal differential and 15 regulation wins in 53 games played, the Colorado series, the fact that we are 11 points down on the same point last season despite getting 6 points from shootout wins this season tells us all, this is more than about “one game”.
This is who our team is.
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I agree with you, but this goes both ways. And this isn't directed at any particular poster.
I get that emotions are high in these games, and I get that a loss like this makes you want to vent. While I think that's useful to an extent, it gets really tiring, unhealthy, and ridiculous without a modicum of control and careful thought. The Flames have already won the season series, and to me have shown to be the better overall team than their rivals to the north. That isn't to say there aren't glaring weaknesses that, IMO, make it highly unlikely Calgary survives a first round playoff series, if they make it that far.
Constantly tossing out "player XYZ is garbage", "trade them for anything you can", "blow it up", "I hate personality XYZ", etc and whatnot is constant low quality regurgitation that serves no outwardly purpose than a silly reactionary outburst. The direct attacks on other board members and the constant re-packaged ax-grinding for a specific player/coach is the same blend of BS. And the repeated teeth gnashing and seeking validation from the play-by-play team, analysts, and every corner of the media often reads like a Trump rally.
We're cheering for the same team, but we have different approaches, opinions, and perspectives. If you expect quality, give quality; the discussions are there to be had when you think and offer more than "embarrassing take".