CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 23: (L-R) Marc Bergevin and Claude Julien of the Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Montreal Canadiens general manager and head coach will have a hard time keeping their job if they miss the playoffs.
The Montreal Canadiens have not had a lot of success recently. If not for a global pandemic and a greatly expanded postseason, the Habs would have missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
The Canadiens were given a second lease on life in the 2019-20 season and made the most of it. They knocked out the heavily favoured Pittsburgh Penguins in four games in the play-in series but were then defeated in six games by the Philadelphia Flyers.