Rivalry Renewed

Whoever said that there is no longer a rivalry between the Leafs and the Canadiens was dead wrong, they were disproved last night after the second game in a row between the two teams. Again the Canadiens won by 4 goals, this time it was 6-2, but boy was the third period exciting. I'm not talking about goals being scored, i'm talking about fights. Now i am not a big fan of fights, but in this case i'll make an exception. There were three brawls in the final period and each one involved everyone on the ice, even Huet tried to get in on the action in the last one. And Kovalev, whoboy! that was incredible. He was cross-checked and high-sticked by Darcy Tucker (a former Canadien), and of course the refs didn't see it (although i really couldn't complain about the refs this night). The next play, Kovalev was handling the puck and crossed the ice and leveled Tucker, forearm right in the face, and flattened him good, and then of course a brawl ensued. This is the year that rivalries are renewed. Just the last week, the rivalry between Montreal and Boston was renewed, not that i saw the game, just what i read in the paper, but this could be a good thing. I mean this could be the end of playing solely for money and finally for passion once again. Thank God for rivalries!