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Originally Posted by Burning Beard
Man you guys are nuts if you think you are the norm and most people would pay to see a team actively tanking. You and I might but normal Joe Calgarian would not. Watch any Ducks game this year and tell me average, non die-hard people would want to shell out money for that.
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It's the long game right. You have the rebuilding years where you plan for lean times and after years of building if the team turns into into a contender then reap the benefits of sell outs for multiple seasons. Flames still don't sell out and they won't as long as they continue to be mediocre. Build a team of stars that can compete annually and sellouts will become the norm. The risk of course is that the rebuild stalls you end up like the Blue Jackets but for every Blue Jackets and Coyotes, there's a Devils and Rangers. No risk, no reward. Like Eric said it's all about safe with the Flames and you aren't going to win anything playing it safe.