Flames fans have reached the same level of excellence as the team on the ice.
I'm not sure if anyone has played a high level of sports, but if you think the Captain can make the difference between a good and bad team you are out to lunch.
Maybe you can get a team pumped for a period with a well placed rant/speech/etc
You get about 3 of those a year until it is just noise.
Anyone questioning Gio's effort is nuts. Question why this franchise cant find a single D who can play against another teams top pairing and we still need to depend on a 37 year old who is on the smaller side as a D trying to compete against elite 25 year olds.
Gio sacrifices everything out there as an undersized, 37 year old D. Has he been good? No. But hes probably the best 37 year old D in the league.
This is like when people thought Iggy should be getting 50 goals after 30 every year when it had been done 20 times in history (And Iginla was one of them!!, and Ovy 25% of them!)
Side Note - NHL players do not remain in their primes into their 30's despite what message boards say.
We suck. That's a fact. It's a poorly constructed team, that has a ton of flaws, looks confused, and is the laughing stock of Canadian teams.
This doesnt mean Gio doesn't care or isnt trying. I can guarantee he cant sleep at night being part of this.
Our fans are as bad as our team now a days
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