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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Frankly, the Flames-Canucks rivalry thing is overblown, and largely confined to this board, as far as I can see. Talk to a sportswriter in Montreal or Detroit or LA and ask him about the great NHL rivalries. He'll mention Philly-Pittsburgh, Montreal-Boston, Pittsburgh-Washington, Toronto-Montreal, Chicago-St.Louis, Detroit-Colorado. Might even mention Calgary-Edmonton. But the Calgary-Vancouver thing is pretty short-lived. We're talking about what - one playoff series ten years ago? It's a big deal to some Calgary fans of a certain age - not coincidentally an age that's over-represented on this board. But it's not much of a thing otherwise.
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Oh phew, thanks for clearing that up for me!
Actually, I'd say the Canucks / Flames rivalry is far from overblown, and it's likely relevant to any of the Flames fans that grew up knowning no other Flames than the Iginla powered Flames. Personally I'm in an age where my childhood and fond memories of the Flames are of the late 80's early 90's Flames, but my young adult years have been all about the Iginla Flames so I can see both.
I fully agree, a Flame from the 80's or 90's going to play for the Nucks, likely not that big a deal, the BOA was really the thing back then. But there was no bigger rival for the Flames during Iginla's tenure as a Flame than the Nucks, and give we are talking about Iginla, I'd say the Nucks / Flames thing is not overblown, and all that really matters is how it's seen in the eyes of the Flames fans in question, not what some eastern based writters feel are the NHL's greatest rivalries.