The Montreal Canadiens take on the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. The two teams form the oldest rivalry in National Hockey League history. Both teams were original members of the league when it formed, and battled each other now for 100 years.
No two teams have played against each other more in NHL history. However, the bad blood doesn’t run quite as deep as it once did between the two historic teams. That can probably be blamed on the fact that there have been more lockouts than playoff series played by the Leafs in the past 11 years.
Not only have Toronto struggled to put a relevant team on the ice in the last decade.