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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Those Coates/Button years were pretty dark times. The Flames was basically a glorified IHL squad. The nadir being not enough prospects to ice a farm team with relocation being a legitimate threat.
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That’s the team I grew up with. I remember being legitimately shocked when a lot of my classmates who never seemed to care about the Flames suddenly got jerseys and shirts in 2004. At the time, I was pissed about it in a weird, hipster way. “I went to their “”shows”” before they were big!” In hindsight, I don’t blame everyone. Funny how things change through the years. It was almost inconceivable to cheer for a team that made the playoffs consistently, who had a lot of fans and made hockey seem cool.