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Morning Skate: The Canadiens-Bruins rivalry is back and meaner than ever
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Lace ‘em up. Time for the Morning Skate.
YEP
The Bruins and Canadiens still hate each other. The two historic rivals squared off in Montreal on Monday, and the result was one of the most physically punishing NHL games of the year.
It was fun as heck. Even though Torey Krug and Andrew Shaw made some really questionable hits. And everyone in overtime kept falling down. It was sloppy. It was dangerous, but not overly so. It was throwback hockey.
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