It's probably easy for the Montreal Canadiens and their fans to still wonder about what might have been last year, even with the new season less than a week away.
After their first 100-point season since 2007-08, the Canadiens upset the Boston Bruins in Round 2. But before the horn sounded on Game 1 of the conference finals, goaltender Carey Price was lost for their series with a knee injury.
Without Price, the Canadiens succumbed to the Rangers in six games.
What if Chris Kreider hadn't crashed into Price and the goaltender had remained healthy?
What if Thomas Vanek, the team's big deadline acquisition, hadn't played like wet, floating dumpster garbage in that series and scored more than his zero goals?
What if the Canadiens could have forced a Game 7 against the Rangers back at their presumably raucous building on a Saturday night in Montreal?
Those thoughts (sorry if you spent the summer in therapy putting that behind you) are understandably torturous, but the Canadiens are poised for an equally deep playoff run in 2015.
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