The Montreal Canadiens aren't shying away from their latest controversy.
One day after Alex Galchenyuk and Devante Smith-Pelly were summoned to the general manager's office to address the latter's girlfriend's arrest in a domestic dispute, head coach Michel Therrien had the two skating on the same line at practice.
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The two have only sparingly been used together this season, but there's reason for their deployment together. Max Pacioretty was absent from practice for maintenance, opening up top-six rushes down the wing.
Galchenyuk briefly spoke after practice, issuing this apologetic statement via TVA's Renaud Lavoie, "I feel bad for my teammates, the organization and for the fans."
