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Originally Posted by looooob
I think you are hitting on both fandom and fanaticism. I agree province wide there are more Oilers fans- I think they are also more likely (even per capita) to be vocal/obvious about their fandom so this accentuates the difference- the Ferrari, the McDavid paintings etc etc
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I grew up in Southern Alberta which you would think would be Flames territory and in my experience it would be lucky if it was a 50-50 split. The Oilers massive early success snowballed into a lot of Albertans choosing them over the Flames.