
The Calgary Flames social media team knows how to poke holes in its rival’s fanbase.
After back-to-back wins over the Vancouver Canucks, the Flames consistently mentioned three individual players on their social media channels: Jacob Markstrom, Chris Tanev, and Josh Leivo.
Of course, these gentlemen happen to all have one thing in common: last season they each played for the Vancouver Canucks.
Markstrom played in Vancouver for seven seasons and was the Canucks’ MVP in each of the last two seasons.Ā Tanev was with the Canucks for 10 seasons, a warrior for the team in more than 500 games, while Leivo was with the team for just two years.
Well, like it or not Canucks fans, they call Calgary home now. And the Flames reinforced that point over and over and over.
Thatās our guy ā¤ļø pic.twitter.com/WBGVPLq0ch
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 17, 2021
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Red suits you, Tanny! pic.twitter.com/umgqrjnbwF
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 17, 2021
Flow. pic.twitter.com/jhdSFHHsOL
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 19, 2021
We love our Leivo ā¤ļø pic.twitter.com/qGKCEgJTXa
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 19, 2021
In their first three games as #Flames …
Marky: 2 wins, 1 shutout
Tanny: 1 point, 11 blocked shots
Leivo: 1 point, 2 shots pic.twitter.com/b2Hqtql2UL— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) January 19, 2021
Naturally, Canucks fans were not happy with this high level of trolling by the Flames and took to social media to express their frustration.
"tHaTs oUr gUy" …. š¤¢š¤®
— The Hockey Hour Podcast š¤©š”šš (@thehockeyhourcp) January 17, 2021
Man what a trash home locker room ššš
ā Ross (@Rossage88) January 17, 2021
Flow. pic.twitter.com/wYhkQkZTvf
— Brie 'Rally Queen' Rose (@girlpecker) January 19, 2021
No, no it doesn't.š„ŗš It doesn't suit him, it doesn't suit Marky, it doesn't suit Leivo.šš
— kelsylroberts (@kelsylroberts) January 17, 2021
Enjoy it while it lasts you'll still get eliminated in the first round as your city is on the hook for millions of dollars for that new stadium.
— Cornelius P. Waltham (@CornyWaltham) January 19, 2021
Oh Calgary we know you want to be us so bad, u can take our players but youāll never be us, donāt worry after denial comes acceptance
ā Jae Jamieson (@NucksJays) January 19, 2021