Last night’s game was a tilt between two teams attempting to hand the reins over to their younger players. What made it particularly interesting was that it featured two teams taking entirely different routes.
It’s become obvious that the Montreal Canadiens have decided not to completely tear it down to the studs in this rebuild, opting for another reset. The Ottawa Senators, on the other hand, have taken to heart the old hippie expression: Don’t trust anyone over 30. To underline that point, Montreal had nine players aged 25 and under on the ice last night, and Ottawa had 11.