Honestly, no offense, but earlier I mentioned a list of teams outside of my Flames who I follow. Now this isn't a sleight, but you mentioned prior to 2016 . . . Well I don't have any California team in the list I follow. In my opinion, even when LA was winning cups they were a boring team to watch. Again in my opinion, California teams have been boring to watch for years and years. For Anaheim basically since Kariya and Selanne and Perry and Getzlaf were all playing together. I never thought San Jose was all that exciting ever, even when they were winning. For LA, as much as Sutter helped win some cups there, his brand of hockey sucks (I know as a Flames fan suffering under Sutter brand hockey for like 15 years - one brother after another).
What I'm getting at, and again not trying to make you or any California team fans feel bad, is basically, you get star offensive talent like Tampa, Wash, Bos, Col, Chi, Flor, NYR (Panarin), Pitts, etc., and it'll be exciting to watch again (ala the Gretzky days in LA or in Ana the Kariya/Selanne days). I feel bad for a team like Arizona who have always been a pretty bad brand to watch.
Anyway, that's how I've always felt.