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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I quoted the wrong post by you, it was a comment in regard to the 90’s when you talked about how they almost moved. But yes, the Flames did go on a miracle run the year before the cap, a run that nobody thought they were going to be able to do. Nobody in the previous 5 seasons even thought they had a chance at competing for the playoffs, let alone go on a Stanley Cup run.
Fact of the matter is that the Flames have the same path to compete as they have always had, draft good young talent and keep it as long as they can. The other path they have is to sign guys to retirement contracts to play out their final years. But I agree, the Flames will never be a market that competes for elite 26 year old UFA talent barring some special circumstance like Bouwmeester wanting to play close to home.
My prediction is that if they limp along in some sort of competitive purgatory that that will be worse for ticket sales than a rebuild. I know at least 4 season ticket holders who still live in Calgary who cancelled this summer primarily because they did not want to see a repeat of 2010-2013.
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As long as they can is tough, as I said, in this market.
Again, attendance was lowest during the years they sucked the most - late 90s to 2004. That didn’t go unnoticed, nor did PO revenues.