You nailed it when you said the Habs might be the surprise of the playoffs. I really expected Toronto to win. Toronto seemed like they were really strong and playing well most of the year(#1 seed)
Montreal finished the season with 59 pts. that's 18'th out of 31 teams and only 3 games over .500. That would not qualify them for playoffs in any other division.Price is having a great playoff in net, so that's always key to winning.I didn't think Winnipeg was to be the SC winner either, but they have played pretty well the last 2 months and well enough to sweep the Oilers in round one (3 games went to OT)
I thought Colorado looked the best, with Toronto, Vegas, Florida, Tampa & Carolina looked pretty solid. I thought both FLA teams were the top two in the "central" despite Carolina finishing as top seed.
Top two seeds in the North are gone, as well as the top two in the East (ahem...Caps). Although TBH...all four teams in the east were pretty evenly matched and finished very tight.
Go Isles!