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Originally Posted by Ashasx
It's a sunk cost at this point.
Ownership needs to evaluate whether keeping Treliving and/or Ward is better for the bottom line more than one year down the road and whether declining fan interest/ticket sales/merch sales are worth it.
I suspect if this brand of hockey continues, the Flames will have trouble selling out the Dome.
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The problem with that theory is that this could probably continue for a couple years at least without it being an issue.
There's no ticket revenue right now. Television contracts are already locked in for a bit, so viewership doesn't really matter in the short term. When people are allowed to attend games, many will do so just because they are again able to do so, it won't matter how good the product is because just the experience will be enough. This could easily continue through next season and perhaps the season after before anything really happens.
And at that point, you've met the end of Ward and Treliving's contracts, so if you wanted to make a change, you could quite easily without costing yourself an extra dime.