The topic was rivalries, as past and present Blackhawks weighed in: Denis Savard, Troy Murray, Steve Larmer, Brandon Saad and Brent Seabrook were front-and-center. In general the NHL has seen fewer fights in recent years, and the Blackhawks are about speed, skill and Showtime scoring. They are not at all a team of goons who fight for the sake of instigating or retaliating. But Savard and Larmer talked about having to fend for themselves and each other, as fighting seemed to have been in the blood of many of their contemporaries. Still Savard wasn't at all a big guy, so he needed Al Secord to protect him, and Larmer apparently demured to fight at times. While the Canucks and Red Wings were big rivalries in the past, now it looks like the Blues take that billing.
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