Montreal Canadiens' Ivan Demidov celebrates his first NHL goal with Joel Armia during first period at the Bell Centre in Montreal on April 14. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf / Montreal Gazette

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Long before the Ottawa Senators decided to turn Tuesday’s exhibition game in Quebec City into a re-enactment of the notorious 1984 Canadiens-Nordiques brawl known as the Good Friday Massacre, the season that begins Wednesday night in Toronto was the most anticipated Habs campaign in decades. Article content Article content

After a senseless parade of Ottawa players beating their faces on the fists of Jayden Struble and the Xhekaj brothers, the scoreboard read Canadiens 5, Senators 0, Anticipation 1,000.

Even the dynasty teams didn’t spark this level of excitem

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