Blood, sweat and teeth. It has been all that — and so much more, too — and we’re only a mere three games into the best-of-seven opening round NHL playoff series between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens.
After all the bad blood and colourful words from Paul MacLean, Michel Therrien and Brandon Prust, Eric Gryba has served his two-game suspension and is eligible to return Tuesday for Game 4.
The morning after the greatest night of his life, Jean-Gabriel Pageau was nursing a swollen mouth, courtesy of the dental work to reconnect the tooth he lost Sunday.
Game 4 of the first round series between the Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens will have a hard time living up to Sunday night’s tilt at Scotiabank Place.
Finally, the pattern is revealed. The team that loses the tooth wins the game.
Only a couple days ago, Jean-Gabriel Pageau was asked if he was pinching himself, just to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.
Like all matters of the heart, sports allegiances are hard to explain. How is it, for example, that some attachments between fan and team last longer than marriages and friendships (and even get in the way of them, on occasion)?