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We're less than an hour away from puck drop in a game where the mentality of the fan bases is as follows: Buffalo fans: "We're feeling generous tonight so we'll let you win." Montreal fans: "That's awfully nice of you but it's not necessary." Buffalo fans: "What kind of hosts would we be if we didn't let you win?" Montreal fans: "We're your guests, though. It's only right to let you win tonight." Buffalo fans: "We insist." Montreal fans: "No, we insist." Whose generosity will win out? Find out at 7 PM EST on Sportsnet and RDS.

Nice to see Dietz get 21minutes. Lessio has zero finish, but can skate. Matteau seems quite invisible and stay with Habs will likely be short. Sitting solidly picking 9th, possibly can fall to 7th, but looking good for top 10 pick anyways. A nice high scoring entertaining loss to Sabres would be a good follow up to this crap game.

The most valid critique of MT's coaching is his general, excruciating slowness to make adjustments. Galy has been on an absolute tear, and Therrien is STILL carefully 'managing his minutes' behind plugs like Mitchell or, earlier in the year, DD? Ridiculous. It's kinda like how he was slower than everyone else in the known universe to recognize that Subban was an elite player who could have the training wheels taken off. It's almost comical.