The Montreal Canadiens are victims of their own success this season, or at least they were until they stopped being successful.
After finishing last in the Eastern Conference just last year, up until they clinched a playoff berth in mid-April, the Habs were in contention for first place. At that point, any Habs fan would have told you they’d be disappointed with anything less than the franchise’s 25th Stanley Cup, despite there being 15 other teams with just as good of a chance in the running.
And, then just like that, much quicker than the team turned things around the first time, a horrible stretch saw them go 1-5, getting blown out by teams much lower than them in the standings.
Adjusting Expectations
Many of those same fans are now acting with complete and utter indifference in regard to the team’s playoff chances—admittedly potentially insincerely, maybe hoping to somehow reverse-jinx the team or something.
In any case, if someone had told them entering this shortened season that the Habs would make the playoffs, they either would have:
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