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George Parros is coming to the game. But he doesn’t want to talk about it?

Meanwhile, just about everybody else seems to want to talk about nothing else but Game 787 of the NHL schedule Jan. 29 in Edmonton. It’s a game that has come to stand separately from all the others on the 2019-20 NHL schedule.

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The renewal of hostilities of the finally-on-again Battle of Alberta following the Oilers recent 4-3 loss in Calgary featuring heels Matthew Tkachuk and Zack Kassian has become the featured game of the entire regular season.

Parros, the NHL Director of Player Safety, has decided his presence will be required in Rogers Place to read the riot act to both teams and particularly both players in order to prevent a riot.

In all his years as a goon, playing 10 NHL seasons with career totals of 18 goals and 18 assists and 1,092 minutes in penalties, no NHL Director of Player Safety was ever required to show up for any jackpot Parros ever managed to get himself involved.

But he’ll be third-man-in on Kassian and Tkachuk when the season resumes here a week Wednesday with the Oilers first game back from the All-Star break.

“Dating back to when Brendan Shanahan had the job, the league has had a hard and fast rule about not doing any interviews about individual incidents,” said NHL media relations director John Dellapina in declining a request by your correspondent for an interview in regards to his visit.

“Also our intention is to lower the temperature,” said Dellapina of the focus on the potential slugfest and Kassian’s first game back since receiving a two-game suspension from Parros for rag-dolling a turtling Tkachuk after the Flame had twice launched himself into the Oiler with what many viewed as a Raffi Torres-style predatory attack.

“Anything George says will simply generate more conversation,” added Dellapina, indicating that Perros will likely make himself available to talk to the media on game day in Edmonton.