Canadiens-Maple Leafs a rivalry of culture, Dryden says
Hall of Fame goalie discusses history, possibilities of his former teams with NHL.com by Dave Stubbs @Dave Stubbs / NHL.com Columnist
Ken Dryden calls it a rivalry of cities, a rivalry of cultures.
The Hockey Hall of Fame goalie has seen the duel between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs from each side, a legend in goal with the Canadiens during their glorious 1970s, a president of his hometown Maple Leafs from 1997-2003. All of a sudden now, Toronto and Montreal are playing a whole pile of games against each other, Dryden said. There s a pretty good chance they re going to end up playing each other in a playoff.
The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs have separated themselves early from the rest of the North Division, but have accomplished that in entirely different ways.
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While this start for the Ottawa Senators has been disappointing, it is, frankly, not that surprising.
The Sens are still super young with room to grow with the right pieces. Brady Tkachuk, Nicolas Paul, and Thomas Chabot are developing, and they are starting to show up in positive ways.
But in the here and now, the biggest disappointment for Ottawa this season has been in net. Newcomer Matt Murray has just not been the answer the Sens were hoping for. He has a goals-against average over four, and a save percentage at .862. That’s bad. Like really bad. Like third-worst in the league bad.