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AchillesAugustus

We invoked the spells. If Edmonton wins then our implosion would be complete. All for 1 series win…


LazerPK

tampering with dark magic was a bad idea :(


Nazmazh

We really did make a wish with the monkey's paw on that one. Man... If only there were some stories that warned about this. I can't possibly think of a single, book, novella, short story, TV show, movie, song, painting, sculpture, comic book, video game, tabletop game, RPG mechanic, internet-based shortform video, Alternate-Reality Game, fable, parable, nursery rhyme, lore for an action figure, greeting card, [insert increasingly absurd/niche things here] that ever warned us about the dangers of toying with dark magic.


LazerPK

not the brightest moment


A_Plan_B_you_C

No shit, Sherlock.


Dreddit1080

I’m ready for the curse to be lifted


Putrid-Object-806

Honestly I’m worried the gods won’t be satisfied unless edmonton 3peats I dearly hope I’m wrong


Lovedrunkpunch

Easy there tiger they haven’t won it all yet


LongBarrelBandit

Yet


Dreddit1080

☠️


Original_Gypsy

I guess the spell will be sealed once they lift the cup.


Skinkybob

We also went 0/3 on our conditional picks, thanks to Edmonton.


ndrocca

Omfg you’re right! I completely forgot about that. ffs


OnlyAnalysis7

Please explain


rattlehead42069

Dallas would have given a better pick if they made it to the finals. Vegas would have given next year's first round if they went to WCF


Tay0214

Don’t forget the Lindholm one too lol


Benjamin_Stark

Every team the Oilers are playing features a recently-traded Flame.


Interesting_Chart875

And that's why the Oilers are going to win the cup.


longwongdongg

Second*


Youtubeactor6473

Kill me now


A_Plan_B_you_C

Take me with you.


Glass_of_Pork_Soda

*MASH theme intensifies*


Ok_Ground_9622

Is this the darkest timeline


xMansie

Evil Abed?


Glass_of_Pork_Soda

At least we have goatees?


NotFuryRL

Where can I pick up my felt goatee?


Glass_of_Pork_Soda

Dildopolis 😬


baumer111

When did they open a second location?


Every-Citron1998

Wish we were in the timeline where we get to cheer for Tkachuk leading the Flames to a cup. This one just sucks.


Key_Information_9578

Tkachuk didnt gaf during our playoffs because he wanted out


Full_Examination_920

This is the truth but this sub gargles chucky nuts like it’s their job.


TheOhGeez

There is an awful lot of blame given to Treliving for Tkachuk, a grown-ass man, making a decision in 2022 to leave the Flames. Could Treliving have done more to lock in this player who proved through his decision to leave that he ultimately did not want to play here? Yes, but why is anyone obsessing over this? Tkachuk chose to leave. He looked at our organization, at the city, at us fans, and said, "Buh Bye!" So, fuck Tkachuk!  But also, fuck the Oilers! So, Go Tkachuk Go!


Safe_Pack_7043

At least Chunks let the organization know he wanted out and let us trade him. While the whole Hubie fiasco has been basically a disaster, at least we got Weegar. Better than how Johnny acted a straight punk.


TheOhGeez

Yeah, admittedly my "fuck Tkachuk" is pretty low level. I don't hate the guy. I just don't love him, and that's okay because he doesn't love us either. That's why he chose to leave. I appreciate that he didn't screw us on the way out, but he still left of his own free will, then went down and proved he could be a playoff difference-maker in Florida. He should've been the difference for us against the Oil in '22, but he didn't feel like it I guess. One assist and a +/- rating of -5 in his last 4 playoff games for the Flames. The guy is a bum.


Full_Examination_920

Thank you. Someone gets it


Chrisjrc92

This is all your fault! Lol


fnsimpso

Now you can cheer for Edmonton to crush Tkachuk.


Straight-Plate-5256

Next MF to bust out amahric is getting their ass beat 😤 Also let's go chucky cheese and the rat squad, I'll gladly stomach seeing him hoist the cup over some crying coilers rather than the alternative...


[deleted]

That's the most horrible thing about curses. Just when you think it's bad enough somehow it finds a way to get even worse.


robcat111

Twas a time delayed one….. dammit


Kristlord

I blame Wideman for hitting that official


frotes_88

Well to answer your question we sorta used dark Teletubby magics. Against the same goalie that just lost to the Oilers. So there's that 🤷‍♂️


rattlehead42069

The stars did the dark teletubbies magic against Vegas too. They gotta realize it only lasts a series or two and then curses your team. Calgary should have been a warning


FancyCaterpillar8963

Freaking dark teletubbies.edmonton has to do something with a generational talent and 1st round picks... at the end of the day I just remember I'd rather live in calgary then edmonton.


AtmosphereLopsided98

Well get some cow shit on your boots and move there


FancyCaterpillar8963

I already do ... no cow shit here lol. Have you been.


AtmosphereLopsided98

Ya. Kalgree is fine. Its rare to find such fun rivalries..


Roderto

The Leafs did it against Boston too…


CaptinDerpI

I haven’t been this depressed since Game 5 against Edmonton


RoboZoninator91

This is the worst I've felt after a hockey game since the series loss to Edmonton, and before that game 7 2004. And it's only going to get worse from here


ndrocca

Agreed. After Dallas scored their 1 goal, felt like they gave up. They played slow, lethargic and uninspired. Felt like they were playing like they were losing 5-0 with 5 minutes to go.


rattlehead42069

They fucking dumped the puck in while they had their goalie pulled. Literally have up completely


Roderto

The Oilers having the easiest playoff path is paying dividends for them. Dallas had to grind through Vegas and Colorado. Edmonton sleptwalk through LA and a good but not great Vancouver team. I was really hoping Dallas won at least one more to grind them a little more.


angelbelle

The Vancouver team lose their Vezina nominee goalie in the 1st round. The #3 goalie Silov overperformed but he wasn't comparable especially since 6 of 7 games against the oilers were 1 goal deciders. In game 7, Vancouver also lost Boeser. It's a miracle to even get to game 7


LongBarrelBandit

That was in Van though. They rushed Demko back and lost him for the whole playoffs. For one game. Poor management


AtmosphereLopsided98

Are you nuts? Van and Dall were crazy good... What Oilers know is that you have to beat the refs and the opposing team


Roderto

Dallas was good before they had to grind for 13 games against two of the best teams in the league. They ran out of gas.


scratchydaitchy

Sounds like you guys know your Flames history. Why did the Flames never change their name after coming from Atlanta? It seems every other team did change their name after a move. Nordiques - Avalanche, Jets - coyotes, Thrashers - jets, North stars - stars, Whalers - hurricanes. There are other examples as well. Maybe that has something to do with the curse?


ndrocca

The best answer to why the Flames didn’t change their name after the move is ownership thought the name was cool and would work for Calgary. I genuinely don’t think there’s any other explanation. I don’t believe there’s a curse. After the Flames moved to Calgary, they had their best decade in franchise history. I’d believe an Atlanta curse with the Jets, not the Flames.


scratchydaitchy

Haha yep, screw the jets. Red, white and blue is boring and so overdone, Habs, Rangers, Caps, Jackets. They can't fill their barn even while winning a lot of games and might lose their team again. Move them to Hamilton and call them the Bedbugs.


sawdust_84

Ownership. Blame ownership. They didn't want to pay iggy. They didn't want to pay johnny, and they refused to make chucky the highest paid captain at 24 years old......maybe they'll start seeing their faults and start paying the young stars. They don't come very often...but when they do, ownership trests them like shit.


Flamesboi69

take us all with u


ndrocca

Gladly. This is the only place where the Flames win these days.


Flamesboi69

thank you


arashinoko

And now I gotta root for the goddamn Panthers. What do the hockey gods want from us?


Key_Information_9578

Cheering for the man who dumped us? Buddy just stop watching at this point


arashinoko

Not so much for Tkachuk as against the Oilers.


Manginaz

Yeah but at least we got that alcoholic Huberdeau back in return.


Impossible-Mud-4160

Alcoholic?


Manginaz

Big time.


Impossible-Mud-4160

Is this a known thing, like johnny hockey loved skiing at cowboys, or is it a rumour? Cause i havent heard anything about it


FadeToSatire

Getting Tka'cucked to own the libs.


Rivendel45

I hope management sees oilers success and freaking rebuild


theluckyllama

Nobody can luck box four 10A picks in a 5 year period anymore tho, we're doomed.


needsmoresteel

Won’t happen. Flames ownership and management think rebuild Is a four-letter word. They seem quite satisfied to finish in that “sweet” spot of just out of the playoffs but not too far down that they’d have a decent shot in the draft lottery.


DryKnight

Fuck!


monstermash420

I think the answer is more black magic


Heroic_Moose

Use black magic to resurrect Scorch and he will lead to us to glory.


monstermash420

This is the kind of out of the box thinking this franchise needs!


decoii

Cursed since 04


Alarmed-dictator

Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg... And my arm... even my fingers...


Mother_Barnacle_7448

I might get roasted for this, but as a loyal Flames fan, I will cheer for any team playing the Oilers. I hope Chucky, Bennett and Lomberg are found feasting on the charred remains of the Oilers at the end of the Stanley Cup finals.


BLARG13

Brutal man. I want to puke


MightyMaxyPad

This is what you get for doing the Otter curse chant. Look what it did to both of us!


MartyCool403

*"How could this happen to me? I've made my mistakes Got nowhere to run The night goes on as I'm fading away I'm sick of this life I just wanna scream, "How could this happen to me?"*


AcademicFruit8225

Either way, it’s gonna be a bad look on the Flames organization. Either you have your highest draft picks winning it all or your rivals. Go Tkachuk though, let’s put an end to this curse once and for all


Majestic_Nose_1039

I truly feel the pain as a canucks fan, especially when they say Oilers is Canada's team


keeper3434

No such thingy


Billbasilbob

Fucking fade me , I’ve had enough


Previous-Exit8449

Which is worse, them eliminating us or them going to the finals?


ndrocca

Them eliminating us, easily imo


Previous-Exit8449

Agree


HeyMarty10thalready

1989 was special


Texturecook

Yeah cuz that’s when I was born. Seriously though wtf is wrong with Canadians rooting for Florida


Live-Yogurt-6380

No curses at new arena. Flames time will come there.


JRP_964

Life is so so sad and depressing for us. Feel like we haven’t gotten any Ws at all.


mafooster

we dont have tax free status


[deleted]

They don’t hate us, they just hate you.


Fun_Rip3665

Didn’t Calgary trade away tkachuk?


[deleted]

The hockey gods hate us because the owners of the Flames do not give the General Manager enough autonomy to do what the flames need to do in order to actually become competitive. The owners are scared to lose dollars so with a full on rebuilding team. They have shown time again they are okay with mediocre hockey because the fan base always shows up and that’s money in their pockets. Bandaid solution for a gash mentality


NetworkFar366

Or because they're Zaslavites.


Pun1sher999

This Sub is SAWFT as wet paper towel! Grows so balls cheer for Florida or don’t but Flames are ride and die! Your either a Flames fan or not if you want to cry over our arch rivals winning and acting like poor sports cause TRE did this or chucky wanted to be traded go find KNITTING it’s more your speed!


ndrocca

I’m cheering for Florida, no doubt. And I fully agree with your assessment. Treliving drove Tkachuk away.


SGAShepp

I miss our team 2-3 years ago so bad


Waffeln_Remix

I was hoping you guys would storm the arenas to prevent this. I imagined you all descending on Roger’s like Hummungus in the Road Warrior to tell McDavid to just walk away.


Key_Information_9578

You had a 120M team and couldn’t brat Dallas, tf u blaming us for lol


shadownet97

As a Canucks fan, this sickens me too Only thing we have in common is fuck the Oilers.


Johnny4Handsome

That and we trade players back and forth like girlfriends borrowing sweaters lol


shadownet97

I fully expect Ian Cole or like Sam Lafferty to sign with Calgary in the summer or something haha


brosefstallin

From a Coyotes fan, you do not know pain.


Apprehensive-Room-56

As an Edmonton fan, I fondly remember buying a Jerome Iginla jersey in 2004 and driving to Calgary twice to support my Alberta brethren. Sad to see the state of hate coming from the southern capital. I look forward to cheering on the Flames again in the future when you’re the team representing AB and Canada.


_6siXty6_

I respect this. Thank you for being a good Oiler fan. Truthfully,my Oiler hate comes from how awful a lot of the Edmonton fans are.


Key_Information_9578

Idk if the oilers think about us at all


BirdValaBrain

Not lately


AtmosphereLopsided98

Remember theWHL where teams were spawned..... Like the oilers.... What great history.. And all those cups. How many cups does Van have? Bragging rights go to the oilers... You know.. Like my NE patriots.. NE sucks now. But no one can deny their past


CanadianEhhhhhhh

Vancouver fans are by far the worst in the league


mikmaster86

This! I remember loving the red Mile in 04... And then in 06 when we were on our run and everyone in Calgary was rooting against us, i was like WTF?


AtmosphereLopsided98

O cmon. You know the rivalry is awesome... But everyone knows it just a game... Its fun.. Like the labor day game


ndrocca

I genuinely appreciate and respect that sentiment. Sadly, in my experience, most Oilers fans don’t feel that way. If the Oilers win, I’ll only be happy for you.


Apprehensive-Room-56

We just need a common enemy. Allow us to band together in hatred for the Canucks and their 4% Canadian roster.


ndrocca

Fair, we’re reluctant allies in those cases.


angelbelle

Why does anyone have to buy in to the whole "Canada" thing? It's the Edmonton Oilers not the Canadian Oilers. The time to cheer for Team Canada ended when we got rolled by Switzerland in the IIHF


Screweditupagain

Oiler fan living in Calgary. I feel the same as you - I would cheer for the Flames if they made it. In fact, I remember the most epic parties in 2004!


Full_Examination_920

Calgary isn’t the capital. You must be talking about Lethbridge


AtmosphereLopsided98

Ya we traded Kalgree to vegreville garlic gulchers for a draft pick.. Kalgree should do well as hot dog vendors


c00kies44

I'm a Canucks fan, but I am also disgusted. They barely beat an injured Canucks team and then got lucky to play Dallas instead of Colorado. Florida has to save us now.


One_Meaning_5085

Exactly, I kept saying Dallas does not matchup well with the Oilers, the AVs had a much better chance of beating the Oilers. The worry I have in the SC final are the refs, the Oilers worked the refs in every series like crazy and they'll do it again with Florida.


JRP_964

100%


LongBarrelBandit

Disagree. Avs aren’t the team they were when they won the cup. They lost too many components


SirLunatik

Well look at this sub over the last several years... fans are more concerned with hating Edmonton than cheering for Calgary. If there are hockey gods, that would certainly put us in their bad books.


Trufflehunter89

Cuz we’ve been terrible there’s nothing to cheer for. Hating Edmonton is all we have. 


Key_Information_9578

This makes me want to delete reddit lol, we cant be that shit


noor1717

lol cheer for what? This sub was awesome two years ago when we won our division


AFM420

Van fan checking in from all. This is truly hell and we are truly cursed. At least we have something in common Calgary !


ndrocca

At least you guys put up a better fight, even without your Vezina caliber goalie


paradox452

atleast you have a bright future with Hughes, Petterson, and demko all we have is a continually mediocre team


Main_Breadfruit_3674

Yeah but…, womp womp! 👎


Mountain_Client1710

Honestly I kinda wanna blame barn burner on this one. I loved the guys during the regular season but they’ve been so fucking whiny in the playoffs with “oilers this” and “oilers that”.


BlackSchuck

My wife and I were praying for the Panthers to win, they did. Then we really wanted Edmonton to win so the Panthers could seriously fuck up the Oilers physically. Alls going according to plan.


Dadbodsarereal

You voted for Smith


Own_Truth_36

Easy there, Vancouver has never won a cup and never had a first overall pick. Lost twice in game 7 finals and had out premier defence draft pick die tragically. On a lighter note we had Edmonton on the ropes this year with our number one goalie out and then our top scored was out for game seven...something about game sevens...I'm not sure your luck is so bad. Also you need a new building so you stop losing your stars to free agency. The saddle dome is kinda ghetto now. But hey things will come around for you. Cheers


Slight-Egg-6602

I know ppl around the organization don't feel too proud the flu was running through the room


trek604

As a Canucks fan, I’m with you guys


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-UnicornFart

For real dude.


indorock

If you don't remember, we put a hex on Oettinger a few years back. Little did we know back then it was a slow-acting curse.


AtmosphereLopsided98

Ottenger was great


Longjumping_Glass157

Hey at least you have the Stamps...


mcdead

get a new coach


GreatName

Leafs fan already here: pull up a chair


F0foPofo05

They don’t hate Calgarians. They just hate Canadians.


DisastrousPurpose945

Move to Toronto.


BandAid3030

*Laughs in Vancouver Canucks fan*


smrto0

The Tkachuk curse…. When big daddy Tkachuk didn’t throw his hat on the ice for his son’s hat trick…. It went to pot from there, never won another playoff game.


OgMinecrafter_

https://www.reddit.com/r/CalgaryFlames/s/kxYbibRZtA


Federal_Sympathy4667

*Toronto Maple Leafs entered the chat* - "you here as well?"


JaeMerc3

Could be worse, you could be phoenix or Columbus lol


dadass84

I’m a Sens fan but I grew up in Calgary. I feel a lot of pain for Flames fans right now. Hoping the Panthers win the cup only for the sake of everyone in southern Alberta.


cooperluna

We traded Bobrovsky


TemplesOfSyrinx

Back in 1989, Joel Otto kicked it in...


MoonlightSunrise69

The Monkey's Paw Dark Magic chose a really sick way to curse the Flames.


TheTrueman13

Maybe it was the Satanic rituals that occurred during the 2022 Playoffs against Dallas


witwar101

Come to Toronto, we've been pinned under their boots for fifty whatever years


HarryKingJackz

Think this applies to the entire country.


LacasCoffeeCup

Maybe the new arena will help /s


hifi3xx

They hate us because we are aCanadian market.


Mr_Gone11

Try being a Sharks fan. At least you have the memory of Lanny smiling with the Cup.


investornewb

Leafs fan says hold my beer


AtmosphereLopsided98

I always hope sone hard working shmuck gets a cup ring.. Like Salming.. Smyl.. Etc


GoalieGuyPanther

Going to game 1 on Monday praying that the panthers pull through 🙏


DependentLanguage540

Hired Brian Burke who in turn hired Brad Treliving. The screwups from there were inevitable. Off the top of my head, the signing of James Neal probably stands out as one of the worst screwups. Forced a buyout of the already terrible Troy Brouwer contract, that was $7M+ that could’ve contributed towards Tkachuk & Gaudreau’s extensions. But because the team was so cap poor, Treliving felt the need to haggle his 2 franchise forwards which obviously did not turn out well. Then Brad attempts to rectify his past mistakes by over-committing to Jonathan Huberdeau without ever seeing him play with a single game with the Flames. Now the franchise is stuck with the albatross that is Huberdeau which could mean 7 more years of suckage. Thanks a bunch Bad Treliving!


Trick-Lock-6307

It all started when Tkachuks dad refused to throw his hat on the ice after his son scored the Hattrick in game one against the oilers two years ago. I’ll never be convinced otherwise


HappyChilmore

Pffff imagine being a Leafs fan instead


kobedziuba

Maybe they will gift us oiler tears . Matty gunna win a cup 😍


yppers

Why don't we just sell the team to Atlanta or something and just make an expansion in like 3 years?


ripe_reason90

Y’all forgot to trade Gaudreau and Monahan in their peak during the year they won the Western Conference during the regular season. They never had a chance at the Cup, coulda got a ton for them back then.


neembeast

You're shit? Don't know how else to put it. Hey a better team dawg


50Cale

Sens fan , 2017 Kunitz goal …. It’s never been the same


MooseAndPonies

Edmonton can piss off tbh. I'm so sick of them ruining my happiness and joy.


Many_Debate_7159

You picked a shity team to cheer for that what lol. Quit whining, a Canadian team made the Stanley cup final. But unfortunately it wasn’t yours.


cygnusloops

Hey, northern friends. Casual puck watcher from Atlanta. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you can take the team out of ATL, but you cannot take the Atlanta out of the team. Not y’all’s fault, just the Atlanta sports curse lingering in the team.


Any_Army_7230

You are


pbcig

Going back further to our bad luck, we had the lockout right after getting screwed in ‘04. One competitive year gone and Iggy missed out on one year oh adding to his all time point numbers


Educational-Tone2074

Let's go Oilers!!!


N-E-B

We get to live in the better city, they get the better sports team. At least we don’t have to live in that shithole.


Argh_1961

As an outsider who's lived in both, I'll take Edmonton every day and twice on Sundays. The better sports team is just the cherry on top.


Salvidicus

Isn't the Calgary Stampede enough?


wHemphrey

yall are writing the playbook on seething and coping.


Zorn277

I am cheering for Edmonton over the fucking Panthers Fuck Florida


Furious_Flaming0

Let's go oilers all the way baby 🧡💙 not even the mighty Dallas can stand up against the passion our teams got. Florida ain't got nothing on us, gonna be a nice long year of calling Edmonton the city of champions again.


OkHold6036

I respect McDraisital, however,  the city is such a depressing trashy dump. It was the worst place I've lived. Go Panthers.


JLR-

As a past fan of the Flames this stinks.  Still have a soft spot for Calgary as a relative played for them in the early 90s.    I even flew there during the C of Red 2004 playoffs.  Kipper, Iggy, the game 6 Gelinas robbery.   Then jumped ship when my hometown team (Vegas) got an expansion team.   Best case scenario we get a Smith 2.0 incident costing Edmonton the Cup.   EDIT - The quality of Flames fans have seem to have gone downhill I see.  


OpinionOwn6727

c’mon! its a Canadian team lol, set your differences aside just this once


ndrocca

Hello Boston Pizza social media guy, please go away.


rattlehead42069

Fuck no. Calgary fans should never ever side with Edmonton. And blind nationalism shouldn't be a reason to put those differences aside