[united]

1) Are you going to continue to watch the playoffs or are you going to pack in in and wait for the start of the offseason activities?

I will have some games on in the background and watch overtimes/game 7s, and then all possible Cup-winning games, but likely will not watch many games in their entirety. I have pre-season Cup props on the Lightning and Golden Knights so will be rooting for them to win some cash, but my positions aren't large so not overly interested.

With the circumstances that COVID brought, I have been procrastinating on draft preparation so will use most of the next six weeks video scouting and preparing my rankings in advance of October's draft.

I will also put probably 10-20 hours into re-calibrating and optimizing my hockey models for next season, whenever that is.

2) How likely are you next year to dedicate a lot of time to watching Flames hockey?

100% likely. I'm a degenerate and complete sucker. Even when the Flames make moves that have a 90% chance of failure I still stick with them.

One thing I could see changing is the number of games I watch. In a normal season, I watch 30-35 at the 'Dome, and probably 20-25 on TV. I get significantly less enjoyment watching on TV versus at the 'Dome due to the ####ty camera angles used - if I can't see the red line at all times I'm grumpy, and preferably both blue lines would always be in the picture. Also no fancy angles, please. If there are no fans next season, I could see myself watching like 40-50 games only.

3) Would you consider yourself a die hard flames fan, a interested flames fan, a casual flames fan?

Die hard, unfortuantely.

4) What would it take for you to switch team allegiances?

The Team moving or folding. Even then I wouldn't pick another team outright, I would cheer for particular players.

5) Do you think that the on ice product that is provided by the NHL a) Its great hockey don't change a thing b) Its not a great product, I watch it because there's not a lot out there or I feel obligated c) I'm thinking of being done with the NHL.

None of the options accurately represent my view, but "a" would be closest. It's a pretty good product, in fact getting better all the time, however there are some obvious improvements that could be made right now but will take a while because of dinosaur hockey men.

"b" and "c" aren't representative of me in any way. I like other sports too, and I'm not sure why anyone would feel obligated to watch sports aside from it being their job.