04-01-2020, 11:56 PM
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Farm Team Player
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You’ve Purchased the Calgary Flames, What would you change?
Hypothetically, let’s imagine you won the lottery and bought the Calgary Flames. You’re now the sole owner. You’ve decided to keep Brad Treliving and Geoff Ward on payroll, so they’ll manage the roster. You won’t be making any roster changes at this time.
Your job is to run the franchise and enhance the Calgary Flames brand.
What changes are you making to the Calgary Flames?
Here’s my changes, listed by importance:
1) Retro and Heritage Classic Jerseys Full-Time immediately! Burn the current Home and Away Jerseys with their hideous patches and striping and never wear them again.
2) Retire #34 and #14 next season. Kiprusoff and Fleury deserve to be honoured. This is long overdue. Us lifelong fans idolized these players growing up. These players are cornerstones in Flames history.
3) Ditch Sportsnet as our broadcast partner as soon as possible. Move to TSN or an independent provider. Keep Ball and Hrudey, but make sure the broadcast is in 4k and the sound matches with the gameplay. Sportsnet is the worst!!
4) For the New Arena, build a concept that pays tribute to the Saddledome. Perhaps have some sort of modern saddle on the exterior of the arena. Sell the naming rights for the new arena, but have “Saddledome” still in the name. Also have 10x the number of bathrooms than we have now.
5) Change our goal song back to “Burn Baby Burn” or “Shot Down in Flames.”
6) Turn up the volume of the music at the Dome. I find the music is too quiet. Let’s get our fans hyped up!
7) Remove those stupid vehicles from the concourse. They take up way too much space.
8) Allow Flames players to continue to have the option to wear or not to wear helmets in warmups. It’s their choice. It reminds me of old time hockey.
9) Murals for the New Saddledome: Ed Whalen, Peter Maher, Beasley, Ken King, etc.
10) Have 6 bobblehead nights per season honouring current and former players.
Bobblehead Schedule for 2021: Theo Fleury, Miikka Kiprusoff, Matthew Tkachuk, Mark Giordano, Sean Monahan, TJ Brodie
2022: Marty Gelinas, Craig Conroy, Johnny Gaudreau, Andrew Mangiapane, Mikael Backlund, Robyn Regehr
2023: Gary Suter, Elias Lindholm, Hakan Loob, Joe Mullen, Gary Roberts, Doug Gilmour.
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04-01-2020, 11:58 PM
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#2
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Chilliwack, B.C
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I'd get rid of the forever flame banners and retire them both.
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04-02-2020, 12:01 AM
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#3
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First round-bust
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: speculating about AHL players
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Awesome thread idea!
1) Retro home/away as the main jerseys. Two alts: Blasty and pedestal reds.
2) Retire 34, retire 14, retire 2 and 25. Add memorials in the concourse for Steve Montador, Ken King, Mickey Renaud, George Pelawa to go along with the Sarge and Bob Johnson ones (Bob Johnson has one, right?)
3) I would definitely meddle in hockey ops but not too much, I'm not smart enough for that sort of stuff...
4) Give Jarome Iginla and Miikka Kiprusoff (and myself) penthouse suites with glass floors on the top of the arena where they can watch every game with a birds-eye view.
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04-02-2020, 12:01 AM
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#4
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First Line Centre
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Not hockey related but a Bret Hart statue built somewhere on the property
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04-02-2020, 12:03 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Olympic Saddledome
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7) Remove those stupid vehicles from the concourse. They take up way too much space.
They haven't been on the concourse since the end of the 2018-19 season.
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04-02-2020, 12:10 AM
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damn onions
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I agree with literally everything the OP said.
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04-02-2020, 12:24 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DrDangles92
6) Turn up the volume of the music at the Dome. I find the music is too quiet. Let’s get our fans hyped up!
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It is utterly criminal that the Saddledome doesn't have the best sound in the NHL. It's especially bad when you consider that a local company called PK Sound makes some of the best loudspeakers on the planet.
They do the sound for several stages at Electric Daisy Carnival for crying out loud. Get this stuff in the Dome!!!
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04-02-2020, 12:25 AM
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
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You’ve Purchased the Calgary Flames, What would you change?
11) Oh and before the Saddledome’s demolished, allow season ticket holders to go to the arena and take their seats home with them. I’ve always wanted a pair of Saddledome seats in my basement.
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04-02-2020, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleK
It is utterly criminal that the Saddledome doesn't have the best sound in the NHL. It's especially bad when you consider that a local company called PK Sound makes some of the best loudspeakers on the planet.
They do the sound for several stages at Electric Daisy Carnival for crying out loud. Get this stuff in the Dome!!!
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I thought I was the only person that thought this. It’s so damn quiet
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04-02-2020, 12:45 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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The intro music prior to the anthems is way too loud though. And then Beasley has to yell over it for the starting lineup. The combination literally makes my ears hurt.
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04-02-2020, 01:24 AM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DrDangles92
11) Oh and before the Saddledome’s demolished, allow season ticket holders to go to the arena and take their seats home with them. I’ve always wanted a pair of Saddledome seats in my basement.
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A friend of mine bought 3 seats out of the gardens in Toronto about 25 years ago for $250.00. He says he can get at least $700.00 each now.
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04-02-2020, 02:32 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
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1) Retire Robyn Regehr‘s 28 at the very first game
2) hand out promotional towels at the same game so all the Fleury fans have something to wipe their tears up with
3) Increases amateur scoring staff by more than double what it is now
4) become a fan and leave the running of all other hockey related operations to the people I pay to do it. My responsibility is to hold them accountable
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04-02-2020, 03:11 AM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Enemy territory
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Retire Brett Hull and Martin St. Louis's numbers XD
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04-02-2020, 06:41 AM
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#14
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Draft Pick
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Make Scorchie a second mascot
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04-02-2020, 07:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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Spend money properly. The team is without a real head coach, I'd give the green light to hire a top tier coach who is available. Either stop meddling with what the GM should be doing (if that's the case). At this point of where the Flames are, I would either tell them to stockpile young players and picks so that the team becomes better when the new arena opens. Unless you can find a way to improve this team incredibly right now.
I've never been to a live game in Calgary so I can't speak much about the fan experience but watching the games on TV is depressing. Find a way to liven up the crowd and have the fans louder than the music.
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04-02-2020, 07:54 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Better branding, the Flames are stuck in the 90's in terms of marketing this team.
Bring back 04 uniforms with the Retros as the 3rd/4th Jersey.
Its insane the Flames don't carry every singe roster player's uniform in the Fanattic in Retro.
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04-02-2020, 08:11 AM
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Taking a while to get to 5000
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Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Its insane the Flames don't carry every singe roster player's uniform in the Fanattic in Retro.
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There's no room! lol
Potentially unpopular: I would move the Hitmen banners to the concourse somewhere. Sorry Getzlaf/Ladd.
I'd properly retire 2 & 25
Free beer (I'm bad at business)
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04-02-2020, 08:40 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Originally Posted by Toonage
There's no room! lol
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I'd rather sell jersey's then the sweatpants/PJ's/Golf Shirts. It's crazy we can only get 5 players pre-crested in Retro's.
Dedicate one of the fanattic locations for Flames jerseys.
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04-02-2020, 08:47 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATCO Field, Section 201
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Make the away net corner section a designated section for a soccer style ultra supporters group. Sell them as a block to this group, and it will organically encourage standings, chanting/singing and flag waving all game long.
The Dome lacks atmosphere. It needs designated fans to bring the noise.
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04-02-2020, 09:06 AM
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Franchise Player
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Be available by phone on important days like the TDL, the draft, or the 1st day of free agency.
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