Morning Skate 416: Cammalleri takes a Recchi shot

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By JoeHaggerty
CSNNE.com
BOSTONYou knew the specter of Max Paciorettys injury, the massive overreaction to it in Montreal and Bruins players calling the fan base and organization on it were going to eventually haunt the best-of-seven seriesand it looks like it only took two games.The Bruins announced that Zdeno Chara was hospitalized with dehydration on Friday following practice, and most Habs players simply said they expected Chara to play through it because its the playoffs. Nothing short of getting hit by a bus, attacked by a grizzly bear or losing a limb is going to stop a hockey player for suiting up in the Stanley Cup playoffs.But Habs forward Mike Cammalleri took it one step further according to Montreal Gazette writer Dave Stubbs, who went to Twitter with a post-interview conversation between Cammalleri and TSN TV reporter John Lu. Apparently Cammalleri said: I'm no MD so I'm not going to be like Mark Recchi & diagnose the other team with a dig toward the future Hall of Famer after he cast doubt on the severity of Paciorettys concussion in a radio interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub last month.The cerebral Cammalleri must have been storing that one up, and now up 1-0 in the series the cockiness is starting to come out of the Canadiens dressing room as theyve taken early control of the series.Should be interesting to see how it plays out in Game 2. Here are some afternoon links to tide everyone over:NHL.com writer Corey Masisak takes a look at Michael Neuvirth, who has been immense for the Caps in their first two games against the offensively-challenged New York Rangers.John Tortorella is down 0-2 in the series and hes getting into verbal spats with New York Post writer Larry Brooks. All is right in the world.Tanner Glass is fighting bears again, and this photo gallery proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt. Hes not afraid to poke the bear in the cage.CSNNE videographer Scott Sassone came across one of the water bottles used to rehydrate Zdeno Chara on Saturday morning. Wow.A great breakdown by the Edmonton Journal of the Oilers team for the 2010-11 season, and some detailed info on which players actually made the grade.The Detroit Free Press says that the Red Wings and Joe Louis Arena folks are cracking down on octopus-tossing at the storied arena. Whats next? Milwaukee telling Bernie Brewer that hes getting his pink slip, or the Wally the Green Monster getting euthanized?Montreal Gazette writer Dave Stubbs says that Tomas Plekanec is maturing right in front of everybodys eyes, and he was impressive with his defensive job on David Krejci in Game One.Joe Haggerty can be reached at jhaggerty@comcastsportsnet.com.Follow Joe on Twitter at http:twitter.comHackswithHaggs

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