TORONTO, ONTARIO - JULY 28: Montreal Canadiens (Photo by Andre Ringuette/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images)
Montreal Canadiens being ranked 6th among Canadian teams is laughable.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin set out to improve his roster in the offseason and accomplished that task.
The Habs didn’t come anywhere close to spending to the salary cap in the past three years and also were not going to make the playoffs for a third consecutive season before the global pandemic resulted in a 24-team postseason.
The Canadiens took that second chance and ran with it.
They came out flying against the Pittsburgh Penguins, with young centres Nick Suzuki and Jesperi Kotkaniemi taking huge leaps forward in their development and taking on big roles.