People like the guy who wrote the letter don’t understand the Rivalry we have, that is what has bothered me about this hole “lets cheer for Edmonton” do I hate the Oilers? Yes but the reason I cheer against is because I love the rivalry we have with them
Do you know what saved baseball after the strike (other than the home runs) the Boston Red Sox’s and the New York Yankees, in the 03 02 ALCS the entire sports world was captivated by these 2 teams the hatred they had for each other and there great rivalry and ever since then no Regular season game is more hyped up than Yankees VS. Red Sox, that rivalry is great for baseball
Back to the NHL, when they came out with there new schedule they but the emphasis on rivalries, because they know that it sells, that if we can start good rivalries in our league people will tune in, and the BOA should be the best in the league, but instead you have people from our cities that want to hold hand and cheer for each other, what kind of rivalry is that? The BOA is great for hockey, and people who think its ok to go and cheer for our provincial rivals are just destroying what should be the best rivalry in sports
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