When the Flames came to Calgary, I lapped it all up. I wanted to read everything about them. Everything. Everywhere.
The upside was learning so much from Eric Duhatschek. His articles were always insightful, humorous and engaging. They were always well researched, knowledgeable and enjoyable. A writing style that was kind yet critical where needed and always with the best of intentions.
The downside was.Steve Simmons. He was the polar opposite. Even as a 13 year old kid, I saw right through him and what was important to him. The reader, the players or whoever he directed his bile against were all inconsequential to him.
Decades later, it genuinely annoys me, that this parasite who in a long career, never provided a single positive contribution to it, has made a living from it. That is just so wrong.
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