ffrom Michael Traikos of the National Post,

What the Foster Hewitt is happening?

Toronto and Montreal had not played each other in the playoffs since 1979. And the thinking was that the time apart would add fuel to a fire that has been burning for more than four decades.

We expected raw emotion, pent-up passion and bad blood. Hatred. More than anything, we expected a close-fought, seven-game series that would take us back to the glory days of Bower and Keon and Dryden and Lafleur, back when the two Original Six franchises divided the country’s fandom.

Instead, with the Leafs leading the Habs 3-1 in a one-sided series that already feels like it’s over, the hockey has been kind of boring and uneventful.

There have been no overtimes. No stirring comebacks. Aside from the nasty — and accidental — knee to the head that John Tavares received in the series opener, there’s been no bloodshed or anything resembling hatred.

Honestly, we waited 42 years for this?

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