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EDMONTON — Jeff Petry said it will be good to be back at Rexall Place Thursday night when the Canadiens play the Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m., RSE, RSO, RSW, RSP, RS360, RDS, RDS, TSN Radio 690) but the 27-year-old said there are limits to the friendships he forged in the five seasons he spent with the Oilers.

“There are going to be a lot of familiar faces but once the puck drops, it’s game on and I’m not going to be friendly out there,” said Petry.

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And while Petry may have some good memories of his days on the Prairies, he said he has moved on.

Petry wasn’t surprised to be traded at the deadline last year because he signed a one-year contract with the Oilers and made it clear that, frustrated by years of losing, he would exercise his right to test free agency.

“You don’t know where you’re going to end up, but it was a good fit and a good change,” said Petry who was acquired by the Canadiens in exchange for second-round and fifth-round draft choices.