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Originally Posted by Joe Nieuwendyk
The problem in 84 wasn't the fans hating players, it was the Oiler and Islander players hating each other - it took a while for that team to gel.
In the 80's the cold war was still strong. It didn't matter who wore the jersey - the guy who shot your dog could have been on the team and you would have cheered him on against those Soviet b******s!!!
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Just because I know Jiri loves these stories, Larry Robinson was the one who mediated the whole thing. Gotta love the Big Bird. (Sorry, Jiri!
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