Some thoughts as the Red Wings get ready to start training camp…
They’re separated by about 300 miles but they may as well be joined at the hip this hockey season, and for many more.
When it comes to the world of sports, the Detroiter and the Chicagoan don’t have much use for each other. Much of the vitriol comes from the cities’ teams always finding themselves in the same division.
In basketball, the Bulls and the Pistons have had some of the most infamous knock-down drag outs in NBA history. Same division.
In baseball, the Tigers and White Sox scramble to beat each other every year, even if it is for the right to finish second to the Minnesota Twins. Same division.
In football, Lions-Bears matchups date back to FDR, George Halas as a player, and leather helmets. Same division.
In hockey, the for-too-long dormant Red Wings-Blackhawks rivalry has been awoken, and it’s got the countenance of John McEnroe on the wrong end of a linesman’s call.
Same division, natch.
Back in the day, Red Wings-Blackhawks used to be Red Wings-Blac ...
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Detroit Red Wings-Chicago Blackhawks: Once Again a Premier NHL Rivalry
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