Flames Have A Weird Reason To Cheer For A Golden Knights Title

Calgary usually has no interest in making life easier for Vegas, but this is the kind of cap-and-contract mess that can flip old rival logic on its head. The Flames have a direct reason to pay attention to how the Golden Knights finish their run, because the fallout could reach beyond the usual summer chatter. Hockey people call this kind of thing “management karma,” which is just a fancy way of saying one team’s parade can become another team’s problem.