Remembering "Sammy" — a fan's eye view of Edmonton Oilers' icon Dave Semenko

“Do you know what I used to think about? Making a perfect pass.“
Saddened to wake up this morning to the news that Edmonton Oilers’ legend Dave Semenko has died. Cancer, just 59.
“Oilers’ legend” is not a term one might normally associate with a forward who spent more time on the fourth line than the first, and who on some nights spent more minutes in the penalty box than he did on the ice. But I think the term applies to Semenko, a charter member of the Boys