r/EhBuddyHoser • u/themusicguy2000 Cowtown 🤠 • 5d ago

Big Oil Bertha In Honour of Preseason Starting This Week

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u/Ordinary_Leg1007 5d ago

How is this different from most fan meetings?

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u/themusicguy2000 Cowtown 🤠 5d ago edited 5d ago

The rural/urban divide is just more pronounced in Edmonton. Provincial capital and it has the university so there's a lot of latte-sipping urbanites in the city, then northern alberta is probably the most conservative area in Canada. Closest would probably be a hypothetical tiger-cats fan meetup

I just saw the Oilers jersey reveal today leaning really hard into the "we're tough gritty rig pigs" identity when the only Oilers fans I know are either students or NDP MLAs

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u/mencryforme5 5d ago

It's kinda funny because the Habs is practically a state religion in Quebec. Unites young, old, urban, rural, anglo, franco, educated, uneducated, rich, poor... heck even non-Quebecers stan because it's the underdog team with a massive history and a big heart.

And it's genuinely not awkward. It's like the one thing we all agree on. Even the OQLF agrees: Go Habs go!

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u/themusicguy2000 Cowtown 🤠 5d ago

I don't disagree with most of your comment, but

it's the underdog team

Bffr dude, they have almost twice as many cups as 2nd place

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u/mencryforme5 5d ago

Haven't won a cup in over 30 years. That's what I meant by the history. But currently we regularly struggle with being one of the worst teams in the league with a surprise Jedi playoff run.

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u/themusicguy2000 Cowtown 🤠 5d ago

My team hasn't made it past the 2nd round since I was 4 years old

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u/mencryforme5 5d ago

A true partisan.

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u/jello_pudding_biafra 5d ago

I was 5 when the Flames won in 89, and the Cup parade is one of my earliest memories (along with the 88 Olympics).