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Originally Posted by Ferarri
The boo birds were out in Edmonton tonight as well after their lacklustre performance. It’s also a lot easier cheering for a team that has the best player in the world and can get people out of their seats on any given night. Flames have none of that flare at the moment and are an aging collection of complimentary pieces.
I wouldn’t be so quick to defend Oiler fans as they were definitely cheering for losses during their dark years and would celebrate draft lotteries like winning the Stanley Cup. Expectations this year for both clubs are far different.
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I actually have no issues with boo birds, sometimes teams deserve it (Flames and Oilers both did tonight)
And when a team is out of the race I have no issues with cheering for losses to get the best possible pick.
There's a segment of Flames fans that are neither of those things though. They want to see the team, and individual players fail to be able to say "I told you so" or "I was right"
No true Flames fan should be taking joy in Huberdeau or Kadri's struggles right now, any fan should hope those players are both on pace for 100 points.
But certain fans are celebrating their struggles because then they get to say "see I was right" and to me that's what's embarassing.
And it's not just Huberdeau or Kadri. People wanted to do that with Bennett, people were doing it with Monahan ("should have traded him, he's useless") and even Gaudreau at times. And then he ironic part is they are also the first ones to moan about how those guys are gone now and pine for those players.
They just take joy in complaining about the team and then trying to act like they were right or had some grand prognostication that came true.
When really most fans can see this team has flaws, but as a fan you should at least still be cheering for the team to have some level of success. If even at just the individual level to raise a players trade value.