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Originally Posted by Igottago
Pure fear. You call everyone else negative but you post the most negative drivel about the franchise, like they are on the short bus of the NHL and just pathetic little victims that shouldn't be expected to do anything of note, should just be happy to have skates.
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Tell me what I said that was not true. After that, you can insult me if you like.
Nothing I said is about my own emotional state, so ‘pure fear’ doesn't enter into it. Frankly, the Flames
are on the short bus of the NHL. They're the third smallest market in the league, and on the side of the 49th parallel that most players want to avoid. You can deny that if you like, but it won't change the facts, it will just make you delusional.
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Its a salary cap league now not the early 90's. The save the Flames campaign worked. Let it go, leave your trauma behind.
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Did that change the climate? Did that get Calgary annexed to the U.S.? Did that change the currency, the tax structure, or make Calgary into a market of 5 million people? No to all of the above.
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No one is demanding the Flames win the cup, but they want that to be the aim, backed by a sound strategy. That's it.
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There is no sound strategy to win the Cup. All you can do is give yourself chances and hope one of them eventually works. As a small Canadian market, the Flames come up to bat with two strikes already against them. That's a fact, and it makes it more difficult for them than for most teams to build a contender.
If you want to cheer for a real contender, save yourself some heartache and pick another team.
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The Flames have a new arena on the way and an opportunity to ice a good team in it if they play their cards right. They are no more disadvantaged than a number of other teams in the league.
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Which ones, and how have they been doing?