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Originally Posted by 3rd liner
Same experience here. This whole thing is really getting to me so I need to vent.
Already received a team invite from a parent on my son's lacrosse team who is organizing a watch party tonight, saying even if you aren't an oilers fan you still maybe watch history. Yeah, no. One of my wife's friends (casual fan who lived in EDM, lives in Calgary and owns both jerseys) was asking my wife if I hated the oilers so much because I knew the players on the oilers personally. Such a casual fan thing to say- casual fans just don't understand diehard, loyal fans of a team. There is no way to make them understand.
There are two types of people in the world when it comes to a sport- diehard, irrational loyal fans like some of us (NHL I mean) and casuals. You can be both, depending on the sport and your passion for it. I don't watch very much NBA and I don't watch baseball. But I was cheering for the Raptors when they won the NBA championship, because... Canada. Same with the blue jays. That makes me 100% casual fan when it comes to NBA and MLB, for sure. Also, there are no provincial rivals of the team.
When team Canada plays in the Olympics I am sure even us flames fans would be cheering for Team Canada led by ... McDavid.
But when you're that passionate about a team, and the rivalry, it's different. I am sure all the casual fans cheering for the Oilers would also be cheering for the flames if they were in the SCF.
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Agreed 100%. I don't post on here a lot anymore because I know this isn't the place to expect support for my lifelong love of the Oilers (since the day they entered the league in '79). But I'm on here daily because it's a passionate and knowledgeable fan board and while my team gets trashed overwhelmingly - and of course they should - I appreciate the hockey talk and passion.
I've had people tell me over the last few weeks that while the Oilers aren't their team they're definitely cheering for them now to bring the cup back to Canada. Does it make me happy and proud? Of course it does. But I always tell them they're a far bigger person than I, because in a million years you wouldn't catch me cheering for the Flames, or any other Canadian team, if the roles were reversed. The only team I MIGHT not actively cheer AGAINST would be Winnipeg. But I still wouldn't be cheering FOR them. That's the way it is if you're a passionate fan of your team, and it's probably the way it should be.
I'll finish with a sort of "thank you" to this board - you guys get it. But nevertheless - GO OILERS!