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Originally Posted by GioforPM
They have fanatically dumb fans. The revenue difference isn't about McDavid. And they got McDavid without tanking, BTW.
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Oilers would likely have more revenue than the Flames either way, but the reason it's 3x is because they got a star young player and then built a winning roster (even if it was through mismanagement)
And yes the Oilers getting McDavid was luck, but the Oilers also never really shied away from just admitting when a season was lost and leaning into it.
Sure They didn't plan on being bad in the 14-15 season, but when it was obvious they would be they 100% leaned in and traded guys like David Perron (26), Jeff Petry (26) to lean into it even harder and add more picks.
The Oilers traded prime aged players to add extra picks (the Perron pick was the Barzal 1st, Perry 2nd was Jonas siegenthaler, the Oilers turning those extra picks into Griffon Reinhart is a different issue)
Yet the Flames can't even commit to trading 35+ year old players during their unexpectedly bad season.