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What Was It Like Being The Director Of Player Safety During The Avs-Red Wings Rivalry? | Hey Burkie



Back in the 1990’s, Brian Burke had a lot to navigate as the Director of Player Safety: Monitoring the whole league with just four VCR’s, historic rivalries that bubbled over into cheap shots and brawls, and every GM thinking he was an idiot.

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22 Comments

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  2. It’s hard to believe but at this time i actually owned more VCRs than the NHL did. First class organization.

  3. watching this the day after Clifford was given a game ejection and a 1 game suspension 6 minutes into a game

  4. Being a fan of either of those 2 teams during that time was an absolute electric factory. I became an Avs fan early on in life thanks to Peter forsberg. This was still hands down the greatest rivalry I’ve ever witnessed. Keep your Yankees redsox or dodgers giants or your lakers Celtics and give me Avs wings ALL DAY

  5. the score, the editing, pictures, almost got me a bit teared up on Pierre. Bravo guys! great work!

  6. Not to be a salty fan boy but the wings won this rivalry. Avs fans say they won because they had more playoff series wins (which they don't even have THAT anymore lol) but what would u rather have?
    More series wins, or more cups? (hockeys most cherished prize) I think any REAL hockey fan knows the answer here….cups. And the wings won 3-2 in cups as well as getting the final laugh in this rivalry. Also speaking of cups, the wings actually REPEATED as cup champs which is what the avs could never do because every time they tried, they'd lose in WCF to said redwings. And let's be honest, the only reason the avs were ever able to compete with the redwings' high powered offense was because they had Roy. And they NEVER woulda had Roy if the wings didn't slaughter him in Montreal in 95. So the avs should be thanking the wings for building the avs team, as if being handed an already built franchise wasn't enough lol(Quebec Nords).
    So yeah, enjoy your cup this year Colorado, but the wings won this rivalry. Not to mention the overall head to head record is 59 wins for the wings and 52 wins for the avs.

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