Martin St-Louis has just directly retaliated against the Senators and the Canadiens have made a very interesting announcement
Clearly, the Ottawa Senators can't get over how Arber Xhekaj roughed them up last year.
Once again, as they face the Montreal Canadiens, they're putting up a very beefed-up lineup, including all their tough guys and leaving out all their top players.
Even journalists from Ottawa don't understand it and didn't see it coming.
Check out the lineup here:
Kubalik -Jarventie- Bailey
Kelly- Kastelic- Fizer
Imama -Ostapchuk- MacEwen
Brannstrom-Hamonic
Larsson-Guenette
Heatherington- Mantinpalo
Most teams will field an almost final team for their last preseason game; it's logical and an unwritten rule.
The Sens completely ignored that, and many think it's a total lack of respect from D. J. Smith towards the Canadiens and Martin St-Louis.
Even Sylvain St-Laurent, who covers the Sens, is scratching his head.
That says a lot.
In short, Martin St-Louis responded. He's fielding (as expected) an almost full lineup, but he made sure to include Arber Xhekaj AND Michael Pezzetta in his lineup.
This promises to be interesting!
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Do you believe that Arber Xhekaj should fight less? | ||
| Yes | 111 | 58.1 % |
| No | 80 | 41.9 % |
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