Montreal Canadiens Turn Back Time And Turn Into Stanley Cup Finalists

Break out your faded flannel and dig out your Nirvana CDs. For the first time since 1993, the Montreal Canadiens are in the Stanley Cup Finals courtesy of an overtime 3-2 victory last night over the Vegas Golden Knights. The Canadiens, who in this truncated 2021 season started it as anything but odds-on favorites to so much as make the playoffs, have had an interesting year to say the least. After a hot start, Montreal cooled off so much by Montreal standards — the team lost three whole games in a row — it fired its head coach, firmly placing the interim tag on replacement Dominique Ducharme. A rather excessive reaction, but this is Montreal where it is win every game and every shift in every game or bust. There’s been a lot of bust in the past twenty-eight years. But I digress.-- More...