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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Not true. Flames fans are as bandwagon as it gets ever since the team was good in the early 90s. '04 was the pinnacle of that then it tapered on and off post-Iggy era. Heck, look at any CP thread after a few games winning/losing streak in any season since then. People are on and off with regularity and it shows it ticket sales, fandom in the city and general water cooler discussions.
Oiler fans, like them or not, will crawl through literal glass for their team. Sell out after sell out, even during the decade of darkness days. Doesn't matter how bad they are doing, their PR department pumps out optimistic after optimistic take. They have the entire Rogers/SN media group on their side. Flames will never get that kind of attention or coverage, regardless of how they do. Even after a few Flames division wins recently, coverage will still significantly less. Following those division-winning seasons and a few weeks into the next season, the first losing stream had fans here jumping off the bandwagon. That is simply never the case with Oiler fans. Barring some kind of dynasty run here, it will probably stay that way.
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I disagree that it'll always be this way. Not the same sport, but where was Golden State before they got Steph Curry and Klay Thompson and Draymond and went on a historic run of finals appearances/wins?
Their fanbase is massive now, and I don't see why it couldn't be the Flames in that situation. The biggest thing is they had to suffer and be patient and draft well to get to where they are, which is what Calgary needs to do.
Whether or not ownership/management can be patient enough to do so is another question entirely.