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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Attendance is already on the decline. Never mind playoff revenue - what about regular season revenue?
I still think this city and this fanbase has more of an appetite for a rebuild than whatever country club the Flames have created right now.
I worry however that ownership will read the declining attendance numbers the wrong way and double down (or is it triple down at this point?) on the current strategy.
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Absolutely. You can sell a rebuild. You can sell 18/19 year olds playing in show earlier than they would otherwise. People will eat that up.
You can't sell this #### when you no longer have the coach or GM swap up your sleeve to use to sell false hope. Once people figure out what they'll be saddled with for the next number of years, they're going to scatter very quickly. It may have already begun.
I hope the Flames either have a surprising resurgence that sees the top players turn it around, or have them force Conroy/Edwards into a 'soft' rebuild, or whatever the owner can stomach that is the Calgary Flames version of one.