Flames Nation: Jeff Marek stated that the Calgary Flames had been one in all three groups that had been additionally contemplating provide sheeting then Edmonton Oilers Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg final offseason.
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“All of this once more, two different groups had been all for making an attempt to get all the required components collectively to supply sheet Broberg and Holloway. And it sounds very very similar to one of many groups was the Calgary Flames.
Simply take into consideration that for one second. While you suppose the Battle of Alberta, when you consider, like, the nastiness and the vitriol between these two groups, like my thoughts straight away goes again to, , the times of the 80s after they would compete and, , one workforce would win the Stanley Cup one yr, and the opposite would win it the opposite, the subsequent.
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Calgary was a very good workforce, and we take into consideration these video games between the 2 that will take about 4 and a half hours to play. You spend extra time selecting up gloves than saying the targets. And these the times of Dave Semenko and Marty McSorley and Don Jackson and Tim Hunter and Jim Poplinski and all people else going at it on the ice. Authentic hatred between Edmonton and Calgary, the fan base didn’t get alongside, fights within the stands, and so on.
And we quick ahead to the summer season of 2024 and that feud may have been performed out with provide sheets. And simply think about what that will have carried out to the Battle of Alberta, and if there would have been any extra stress on Edmonton to attempt to maneuver their, maneuver their participant personnel in an effort to match the provide, figuring out that it was the provincial rival.
I nonetheless don’t know who the third workforce was. Which will stay a white whale for me, we will see. However it sounds very very similar to Calgary was one of many different groups that had been in pursuit of the provide sheet for Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway.”
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