On one side of the aisle, there is Adam Oates, the cerebral, skilled, creative, gentlemanly Hall of Fame center who was runner-up four consecutive years for the Lady Byng Trophy and is eighth on the NHL all-time assists leaderboard with 1,079 following a 19-year career that ended in 2004.
On the other, there is Matt Rempe, no introduction necessary.
If you think that twain would never meet, think again. Because Rempe and Oates have hooked up to form one of the Oddest Hockey Couples you could ever imagine.
“It pretty wild! It’s pretty wild, right?” Rempe said with a hearty chuckle after telling The Post following Thursday’s morning skate that he signed up as a client with the Oates Sports Group over the summer. “I think that’s been instrumental for me because he’s one of the greatest players of all time and I skated with him a ton.