Former Canadiens Knuckles, Greenie detail physical toll of playoff brutality | HI/O Show

It really is incredible how NHLers in the playoffs compete at such a high intensity level basically every second night for two months if they end up winning the Stanley Cup.

They also have to battle through injuries to keep playing, which gets harder the longer a playoff run goes on.

In this Hockey Inside/Out Show bonus episode, The Gazette’s Stu Cowan is joined by former Canadiens teammates and 1986 Stanley Cup champions Chris Nilan and Rick Green, who know first-hand how hard the NHL playoffs can be on a body.

Canadiens winger Josh Anderson is slow to get up after being hit by Lightning forward Scott Sabourin during third period of Game 2 on Tuesday in Tampa, Fla. Dirk Shadd / Tampa Bay Times

They discuss injuries they played with during the 1986 Stanley Cup playoff run and also some of the injuries teammates like Bob Gainey were dealing with.

We will be back with a new Hockey Inside/Out Show next Thursday, following Game 5 of the Canadiens-Lightning first-round playoff series the previous night in Tampa, followed by three more bonus episodes.

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