OKC Barons Preseason Game v. Houston Aeros, Tonight!!!

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[MDot]

The only thing that could render the Barons illegitimate is people snidely considering them so for the simple fact that they're not NHL. A team without public support will inevitably fail; so in the case of so many people foreseeing their demise, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I'm a hockey fan, so obviously I'm stoked that we have a talented team. I loved the Blazers. Their games were always a good show, but to be frank, they were one step above beer league. Their most recent, post-1992 incarnation saw them with no higher league affiliations and their players saw little mobility beyond moving to other CHL teams. The Barons are the hockey equivalent of the Redhawks. Sure, the Oilers send down their injured and call up our best in times of need, but why scoff at the team for this? The AHL farm team is an important element for any NHL team, and the Oilers are going to have one, whether it's in OKC or elsewhere. If they do opt to move it to another city, they own the team so we'll be left with jack sh*t if they make that decision. It was a big gamble on the part of the Oilers to place their team in a city like this. If you like hockey, there's absolutely no reason you shouldn't be supporting the Barons. If you don't like hockey, please shut the f*ck up because you really don't have a place speaking on matters such as the legitimacy of a hockey team.

So even if you decide not to support them by going out to games or buying their merch, try not to have a dick attitude about their presence here and discourage the people who do. If we lose the team due to lack of support, it'll only reinforce the redneck, cowtown image that everybody outside of the Midwestern US has of us.

Glad we all like hockey. And it's funny how all of y'all believe I hate the Barons, cause if you people would read any of my posts y'all would know that I love everything Oklahoma City. The Barons are in Oklahoma City, right? But anyways, I am a hockey fan so you can't point at me and say "you're just a blasphemer cause you hate hockey", so whatever intent you had on blowing me off as another rotten attitude scum, rethink that. The first ever organized sports game I went to was a Blazers game against Tulsa, so no one can put me in the "not a hockey fan" category and say that my voice doesn't matter, cause it does just as much as anyone who calls the Barons legit. Which for the record, you people have me arguing that the Barons aren't legit when I never even said they weren't, which Of Sound Mind made it seem as if I had called them unholy devil worshippers. legit I agree with your post besides the remark you directed at me, which was just uncalled for all around considering you couldn't say it without cussing. So either way, y'all can go about your marry lives knowing that MDot likes the Oklahoma City Barons, cause I know it was killing you and Of Sound Mind to see someone actually sound like they were against them.

[MDot]

Was waiting for someone to come and pick up the Barons and make it seem like they're legit.

My original comment that got all this started, which was in response to Of Sound Mind. I guess it can be taken as me calling them illegit but I was referring to Of Sound Mind being the first person to defend the Barons.