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As Milan Lucic went into his third-period meltdown against the Canadiens Thursday, it hit me.

There was Lucic, the dynamite having blown up in his face, his whiskers singed, looking for all the world like Wile E. Coyote after he has failed, for the 999th consecutive time, to corral the Road Runner. As Lucic went into his silly lewd gesture and hoist-the-Stanley Cup routine, that Canadiens Road Runner (in the person of Alexei Emelin this time) was tossing a “beep-beep” over his shoulder as he skated away with yet another win.

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It doesn’t hurt that one of the greatest players in Montreal history, the speedy Yvan Cournoyer, was nicknamed the Roadrunner, because it’s been like this for decades: Coyote and Road Runner, the matador and the bull, David and Goliath.

And more often than not, the Bruins play right into the hands of the Canadiens. They see that fluttering red cape with the CH logo, and they lower their heads and charge.