After the Montreal Canadiens pummelled the Ottawa Senators physically in a pre-season game, the Senators immediately made a trade to get tougher, acquiring Kurtis MacDermid. MacDermid is not an NHL level player. He was acquired to send a message that the Senators would not back down.

The first test to that theory was at the Bell Centre on Saturday night as a strong rivalry starts to build between the clubs, which are only two hours apart on Highway 40. The Canadiens needed a late goal to tie it, then won it 4-3 moving their overtime record to a perfect five-for-five.

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Throughout this century, when the Canadiens found themselves in a dirty game, or a game of intimidation, they finished second. There were two line brawls where Montreal was pummelled. In the playoffs, against O

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