Canadiens, Lightning put up billboards in Toronto for playoffs

In heart of NHL's hub city, teams planting their flags to show support from fans

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By Dan O'Leary
@DanOLeary25 NHL.com Staff Writer

Fans may not be able to attend the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but they are there in both spirit and very large signage.

The Montreal Canadiens took out a large billboard in the heart of Toronto, the NHL's hub city for the Eastern Conference Playoffs but also the home of the rival Maple Leafs, reading "#GoHabsGo" with the team's logo underneath.

The billboard can be seen by communters in both directions of Toronto's Gardiner expressway.

The Tampa Bay Lightning are also in the billboard mix. The team took out at least two spaces as part of their "Be the Distant Thunder" campaign. Their two billboards feature some handwritten messages of inspiration from young fans.

Earlier in the postseason, the Lightning had special glass installed at Scotiabank Arena signed by fans.

The Philadelphia Flyers put up a billboard featuring their mascot, Gritty, which was, well, let's call it

a bit more unusual

.

Gritty of course was last seen

officiating a game for "Pups on Ice."

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