WATCH ABOVE: The 1984 championship team reunited for a celebration of the past. Eric Szeto and Quinn Phillips have team coverage. EDMONTON – The Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley Cup 30 years, ago, but transport that team to today’s NHL and they’d still be a terror, former forward Mark Messier said Wednesday. “The players are faster (today), that may be true, but (’80s-’90s era NHLer) Mike Gartner still holds the fastest time around the rink for any hockey player,” Messier told a news conference at Rexall Place. “The difference nowadays is players are probably trained better so they...
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