My Habs are in first place in the East. The start a four game western road trip that should only extend their lead. It has been a very long time since they have been in this position so it is a little surreal right now.
For the past several years they start off strong, have a mid-season slump then pull it together to barely make the playoffs. Last season they started out strong but were hit hard by the flu that lasted about 3 weeks before everyone was back. Almost the entire team was dreadfully ill. They never were able to pull it together enough at the end to make it. (Didn't help that Toronto eliminated themselves and Montreal, stupid Maple Leafs).
Earlier in the week they traded Cristobal Huet, their goalie. I was livid. Former coach Jaques Demers said* that Montreal will not win the Stanley Cup without Huet and I tend to agree. Their go-to goalie, Carey Price, is very young and inexperienced**, you can see he has talent but I worry about the pressures of the playoffs. He has been doing well so far, time will only tell.
16 games to go...
*My French isn't the best and I was watching RDS. I think that is what he said.
**CBC news story about the Huet trade, will open up as a CBC video player.
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