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Originally Posted by Jay Random
No, but I think it puts paid to the established narrative, which, you may recall, went like this: ‘The North Division is the worst division in the NHL. Whichever team comes out of it is going to be slaughtered in the semifinals.’ I saw that exact thought expressed over and over on this board, and look what happened.
It doesn't seem to me that there was any particularly weak division this year, though the Central, I believe, was particularly strong.
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Yeah, I see this quite differently. The Habs's success in the playoffs has all the earmarks of a hot streak, which can happen to any team at any time, and can result in them beating anyone. Montreal was playing their best hockey of the year in a three-week stretch, which had them go 8-2 v the badly depleted Winnipeg Jets, and the Vegas Golden Knights just as their Vezina winning goalie lost his stride.
It's a week or two late, but they are suffering the relentless slaughter nearly everyone predicted would occur once they got out of Canada.
In short: yes, the Canadiens suck.
And yes, the Canadian Division was awful.
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