What I've noticed in the okanagan is that there are not a lot of oiler fans who actually live here full time but there are a lot who set their families up here and fly in fly out of Northern Alberta and are here like 5-10 days a month but mostly live in a camp somewhere. I have known at least 10 families like that where the dad is never home but they are huge oilers fans and rocking the matching hat and jersey the rare time you do see them.
Someone said it earlier in the thread, we've never been the big dominating dynasty or had the generational player so I find our fans are a special breed, always enjoy meeting a flames fan who is really into the team instantly enjoy chatting with them, personally I think it takes a certain character to stick with a team long run that hasn't had a ton of glory. Gretzky and mcdavid definately attract a certain type of fan outside the home city and it ain't us.
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