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As the votes were counted and the results tallied and social media was filled with instant analysis of Calgary’s municipal election Monday night, one tweet in particular stood out from all the others.

“I can’t believe it YYC. Having @Nenshi as mayor is worse than @realDonaldTrump being president. #arrogant #bracefordisaster #outoftouch,” it read.

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Emotions always run high on election night but Sean Kelso, the director of communications for the Calgary Flames, should perhaps have known better. The post was swiftly deleted, but it’s hard to avoid the impression that the folks who run our resident hockey team are a touch upset by Naheed Nenshi’s win.

It’s also hard to avoid the feeling that this is a good thing.

Amid a stalled negotiation for a new hockey rink, the NHL unabashedly attempted to interfere with Calgary’s election. Finding Nenshi uncowed by the might of our local hockey squad, league commissioner Gary Bettman even made strategic calls to select media insinuating that should the team relocate the mayor would be indifferent.