Article is pretty meh (IMO) but timely given tonight's matchup; +1 for vintage gifs:
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When I was getting my feet wet in the league with Edmonton during the early ’80s, the rivalry was just starting to really heat up. From pretty much 1981 on up through 1991, the Oilers and the Flames were the best of the best in our conference, and those matchups were some of the most intense, brutal and hard-fought that I’ve ever been a part of.
Everyone remembers the offensive firepower on those teams — Gretz and Jari and Messier … Glenn Anderson and Paul Coffey … Joe Nieuwendyk and Al MacInnis and Joey Mullen … and on and on — but what stands out for me more than anything else is how hard and mean the games were.
Every time we played Calgary … it would be mean and vicious.
Meaningless preseason game?
Mean.
Random Saturday night matchup in March?
Mean and fun.
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https://www.theplayerstribune.com/gr...le-of-alberta/