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Athletic run a fan survey on how the teams fans and NHL fans in General see the team's front office. The Author Dom Luszczyszyn is their Fancy stats guy driving the JFRESH school of player/team ranking and as such has the Flames as one of his favs. In this article he is is commenting on the survey data and feedback
Not a particular pretty picture as the Flames are not ranked in the top half of the league in any category by either their fan base or the general public.
It seems that I might not be the only one that is fed up with the Flames ongoing situation and not buying into having an aging HOF coach and a good goalie with a limited track record will fix.
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I don’t know what the plan is here and it seems neither do most Flames fans. Calgary was a mediocre team last year that didn’t make the playoffs in an all-Canada division, lost its captain, didn’t replace him, and are basically just going to run it back next year? I guess …
The Flames are at the same crossroads that all average teams are at when they realize they’re stuck in the mushy middle: go all-in or fold. Pick a lane and either try to contend or try to rebuild. Doing neither just delays the inevitable and wastes time for everyone and that lack of vision is obviously going to be frustrating to a hungry fan base. Only 4 percent were more confident in this team now than they were last year, the lowest of any team in the league. Do something!
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