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Senators numb coach MacLean with their ‘brutal’ collapse

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OTTAWA, ON - MARCH 16: Head coach Paul MacLean of the Ottawa Senators looks on from the bench against the Colorado Avalanche during an NHL game at Canadian Tire Centre on March 16, 2014 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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For about a tenth of Friday’s contest, the Ottawa Senators were spectacular. However, a fast 3-0 lead proved insufficient in their eventual 7-4 collapse against Montreal.

At the start of Senators coach Paul MacLean’s postgame press conference, he was asked about his feelings regarding tonight’s game. He let the question hang for a second.

“I have none,” MacLean said. “I’m numb.”

As he put it, the Senators simply stopped playing after they got the 3-0 lead. He started to elaborate, but seemed to give up mid-sentence by suggesting that they starting giving the Canadiens “short rinks and all the...regular adjectives that we’ve used all year long.”

MacLean wouldn’t term the game as frustrating and needed a bit of time to find the right word: “Brutal.”

It was nearly a month ago that he complained about the team’s work ethic. This certainly wasn’t what he was looking for.

You can watch his full press conference below, including his argument that a Senators’ disallowed goal and Montreal’s Lars Eller’s similar goal are an example of how anything that could go wrong, has this season:

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