There’s a famous Russian hockey song with a chorus that goes:
The ice squad keeps on the hard fight.
We believe in the courage of the desperate boys.
Only real men play hockey.
A coward doesn’t play hockey!
A coward doesn’t play hockey!
Maybe Alexander Romanov can teach the Montreal Canadiens that song right now, because the Habs played like they were scared of the Ottawa Senators Tuesday night — and no amount of questionable officiating can paper over that fact.
We discussed the possibility that the Canadiens, in their zeal to “keep things simple,” would default to a “spray-and-pray” approach in their next game.