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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I don’t understand why having a rabid fanbase handicaps efforts to rebuild. Surely it’s much more risky to rebuild in markets where the fans won’t show up when you have a bad team than in markets where you have sellouts or near-sellouts rain or shine.
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True. I don't think the it was the fans that forced Treliving to jump the gun on the rebuild and start trading away picks. I remember the fans giving the Flames huge ovations even when they lost close games in the early stages of the rebuild.