"They're the best in the league right now, the way they’ve played lately. They can smell blood and they want to get their third Cup in a row."
And that's what Guy Boucher was saying before Tuesday night's game against the Penguins. Wonder what the Senators coach was thinking after? Actually, Boucher might have been a little preoccupied by the fire sale of his team which began during it.
But for 40 minutes or so, the Senators were the better team, and Mike Sullivan admitted as much.
"I thought they outplayed us the first two periods," he said.
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