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Originally Posted by Dion
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A pretty good description. The Habs played the game one the ice and between the whistles.
The Bruins are used to intimidating their opponent by being bullish and by using their swagger as an elite team to make their opponent feel unworthy. Montreal wasn't buying it though. They provoked the bully and were about as calm as an underdog could be in the face of a team that outclassed them in pretty much every area in the regular season. I think that drove the Bruins nuts and really threw them off their game.
The strategy was well executed.