For a length of time during the 2010s, there wasn’t a fire that burned hotter than the rivalry that was once set ablaze between the Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks. These two Western Conference juggernauts did not like one another. The hatred was real.
Three years, three straight meetings in the playoffs — this only added fueled the fire, but it made for some of the best hockey games of the decade. Since then, the pure hatred between the two clubs has cooled off some, but the coals remain hot.
With the puck dropping in Vancouver, 2020 hockey was underway.