That' 95-'96 season (featuring Deader) was awesome. That Wings rivalry was something that kept the off-season interesting and was absolutely responsible for the huge draw at the bar on Avs/Wings game nights in '97.

To this day, there is little made of the incident that precipitated the Lemieux hit on Draper. While it was nasty, it was not what instigated the escalation. Slava Kozlov slipped by the refs a cross check on Adam Foote that drew significant blood. Lemieux's hit on Draper was retaliation.

And then the goalies fought. I think Roy won both vs. Vernon and Osgood, but they were close.

Man, I'm excited for hockey.