I'm sorry, but I have a real problem trying to get enthusiastic about this. I realize that the Stanley Cup playoffs are supposed to be the be all and end all, and the regular season doesn't really count except to get in. But the Habs were 24-32 in the regular season -- not even close to a .500 team -- with of course a negative goal differential. They sneaked into the playoffs on loser points, as Detroit would call them, and now, here they are. So any old crap team can somehow worm its way into the playoffs, get hot at the right time, and voila - championship in sight.
I'm Happy for the Habs in that I wanted Vegas not to win, but yeah....early on I mentioned that a team that had no legitimate right to be in the playoffs was in because of the alignment and extra team allowed in this year. Didn't really expect them to mow everyone down - kind of figured a losing team was going to lose to better opponents, but you never know.
Good on them, but yeah. Not to take anything away from them playing well and beating good teams, but they really should not have gotten the opportunity.
Maybe someday we will have a "normal" year again.
Hopefully the Isles will take the Cup and nobody will remember who came in second
(not that I'm an Isles fan, but based on who is left....I pulling for the Isles)
