The Montreal Canadiens were sitting in dead last place in the Eastern Conference.
They were 8-13-3 through their first 24 games.
Patrik Laine made his Habs debut after missing the first couple of months with an injury.
Montreal beat the Islanders in overtime, and it set off an 11-5 run since then.
They’ve won 8 out of their last 10 games.
You love to see that level of loyalty to one another.
Like a captain going down with the ship.
He’s missed the past 3 games.
But it still looks like a completely different team since he’s been back in the lineup.
It’s not that they’re just winning games.
They are playing some serious “fuck you” smash mouth hockey.
Massive open ice hits, and burying lasers in the back of the net.
Ain’t nothing soft about what we saw last night against Vancouver.
Maybe undersized as far as height goes.
But when it comes to tenacity and balls?
Martin St. Louis was as big as they come in the NHL.
And it looks to be rubbing off on the Habs.
All a bunch of undersized demons who are looking to strike every chance they get.
Maybe they’re just on a hot streak right now.
The last time they were in the playoffs without fan restrictions was 2017.
This team might just have the juice to get back there.
