MONTREAL - When Alex Chiasson was acquired in the Jason Spezza deal last summer, one of his first thoughts was about the Senators-Habs rivalry and how much he was looking forward to being a part of it.
Especially, if luck could arrange it, in the playoffs.
"From experiencing playoffs last year, I told myself, I'd like to play in these games every year. It's the best," the 24-year-old Montreal native said Friday morning at Bell Centre. "But I don't think it gets better than this, playing against a team I grew up being a fan of. When I was 10 or 12 my dad used to bring me to the rink and watch games like every other kid.