This week, we’re going to look at the six opponents the Leafs will spend all season playing. If you’re already tired of stories about this all-Canada division, just wait to see how you feel when the season actually starts. Today, we head to Alberta to look at the Calgary Flames.
Calgary’s 2020
One of the highlights of NHL hockey in early 2020 was the atomic bomb set off in Alberta. The long famous “Battle of Alberta” had in previous seasons become a tiresome exercise where the Flames and Oilers played out meaningless late-season games to decide which would be the first eliminated from the playoffs and head to the golf course.