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Originally Posted by Jay Random
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.
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.
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.
Which ones, and how have they been doing?
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Your entire mental framework around this team is one of lack, scarcity, and playing small. It's truly astonishing how one could support a professional sports organization and have zero expectations whatsoever. I truly hope this isn't the prevailing mentality within the organization.
Someone else already posted an extensive list of playoff round wins etc. that other franchises have done, I'm not going to repeat it, but its not like you don't know. If you think one playoff round win every 8-10 years is an acceptable level of success for the Flames, I guess that's your very low bar as a fan. You are likely alone on that island.
The rest of your post is just a whole load of fearful glass half empty nonsense. Population, currency and tax structure haven't held the Flames back in any significant way for probably 2 decades or more. The Flames have attracted big name free agents, dished out large contracts, made big trade splashes, without issue over the years. Yes, not every player wants to come to Calgary but creating opportunities to win or play with great players goes a long way to helping with that, as is probably the case anywhere. How do they get great players? Well first off all, they need opportunities to draft them. And that means acknowledging they need high picks and strategizing their hockey moves accordingly in windows like the current one. Which to their credit -- they did last season. We'll see if that continues.