Revenge.
That's the best single word to describe the New Jersey Devils' inspiration throughout the Garden Staters' 42-year rivalry with the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Broad Street Bullies began intimidating the expansion sextet from the Meadowlands almost from the first night the Devils took the ice in their maiden season, 1982-83.
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