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Originally Posted by nieuwy-89
It wasn't just the BOA in the 80s and 90s. All of the rivalry games were more intense. Watch any Montreal Canadiens / Quebec Nordiques game from that era and they were equally as nasty and dirty.
Today's game is about speed & skill.
Back then it really was a war.
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Not many soldiers making $7M in this day and age.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the games get exponentially better as soon as the players stop getting paid and it actually does become a war on the ice.