Following the on-ice session, defenseman Ben Chiarot, forward Tomas Tatar and head coach Claude Julien met the media via Zoom.
Here are a few highlights from their respective chats with reporters:
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Once this break is over, a hectic schedule awaits the Habs for the remainder of the regular season. Chiarot talked about the importance of staying fresh both physically and mentally in the weeks and months to come:
By now, if you've played a few years, you kind of understand the grind, you understand how you have to be on mentally when you come to the rink, and it's so important to be able to turn it off when you go home. If you're thinking about it, or if you don't kind of have that to get away from the rink and kind of shut your mind off from hockey, it can wear on you. When you go a few weeks and you're thinking about hockey every second of the day, it can wear you out, it can fatigue you, and so I think getting that rest and getting away from the rink is important, especially with a schedule like we're going to have, two months of playing every other day. Getting away from the rink will be just as important as being sharp when you come to the rink.