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Cowboy89 · 04-20-2023, 07:24 AM

I actually welcome it.

Moving the Flames out of town might actually be the quickest way to get a high-end competitive NHL team that competes for the Stanley Cup in Calgary. Las Vegas and Seattle have demonstrated that in the cap era the biggest competitive advantage is a clean slate.

Let the Flames move to Atlanta or Houston. In the ashes of the team moving have the province / city figure out how to build a new arena. Get an expansion team and then watch them make the playoffs more reliably than the Flames. Process should take 5-10 years, which is probably the current ETA for a competitive team if we went full rebuild anyway!

04-20-2023, 07:24 AM	#158
Cowboy89 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toledo OH Exp:	I actually welcome it. Moving the Flames out of town might actually be the quickest way to get a high-end competitive NHL team that competes for the Stanley Cup in Calgary. Las Vegas and Seattle have demonstrated that in the cap era the biggest competitive advantage is a clean slate. Let the Flames move to Atlanta or Houston. In the ashes of the team moving have the province / city figure out how to build a new arena. Get an expansion team and then watch them make the playoffs more reliably than the Flames. Process should take 5-10 years, which is probably the current ETA for a competitive team if we went full rebuild anyway!