The Flyers are trying to get two points in Montreal tonight against the quick-starting Canadiens, and is already angering the French Canadian faithful. It all started in the first period when Simmonds was whistled for a hold on , a hold he wasn’t all that thrilled about:
Fresh out of the box, Simmonds delivered a cross check to the back of that wasn’t whistled, which incensed the Bell Centre crowd. Markov could have been hurt on the play:
After the next stoppage, Simmonds was still jawing with the referee when an opposing player, apparently Habs captain , said something to him. Simmonds responded with some words, which, um, we’ll let you lip read:
If you’ll recall, once warned Pacioretty about fighting Simmonds. With Subban now in Nashville, we’ll see if Pacioretty remembers his advice:
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