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Zack MacEwen: Senators trade the man Arber Xhekaj took down on Tuesday
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Zack MacEwen: Senators trade the man Arber Xhekaj took down on Tuesday
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Tuesday night, the Canadiens and Senators got into it. The two clubs took advantage of a warm-up game (in Quebec City) to pass messages back and forth. And clearly, there was one sequence that particularly caught the eye: the one where it's a mess on the ice as Arber Xhekaj and Jayden Struble clean up.Xhekaj, in particular, made short work of Zack MacEwen.

Why am I telling you all this tonight? Actually, it's because in the last few minutes, MacEwen was… traded.He headed to New Jersey… and in return, the club gets an even more formidable badass: Kurtis MacDermid

And obviously, when you look at this, it's hard not to make connections with Xhekaj and the Habs. Travis Green noted it last night: he thinks his club isn't physical enough.And let's just say that in MacDermid, the club isn't exactly getting a softy: it's getting a guy whose main quality is his ability to fight.

You might think MacDermid won't be ready to play tomorrow (though…), but we're likely to see him in uniform this season. And it could very well be against the Habs, let's say,so it's logical to think that the club wants its tough guy to answer to Xhekaj (among others). And in MacDermid, they get a guy who fits the bill.And MacEwen, for his part, must be happy to know he won't be seeing Xhekaj as often.

'Overtime'

– Speaking of Xhekaj.

– Indeed.

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