COMMENTARY
Jim Montgomery called an audible on Monday morning at Warrior Ice Arena.
Rather than dismiss Boston’s anticipated rematch against the Florida Panthers later that night as just another scheduled tilt on an 82-game docket, he ditched the cliches for some candid musings.
“It’s not 1 of 82,” Boston’s bench boss noted. “I mean, they ended our season. They went all the way to the Finals. Our summers were miserable until the Finals were over. And that’s because they beat us. So yeah, this means more.”
The Bruins players who saw last year’s storybook ending ripped from the spine of its carefully crafted tome opted to not follow a similar script — even after Pavel Zacha’s OT tally capped a 3-2 comeback win on Monday night.