The Montreal Canadiens 2019-20 season was far from the best we have seen from the Habs in their lengthy history. They started well, but quickly found themselves on an eight game losing streak and just when they thought they corrected the ship, they set out on their second eight game losing streak.
The result was a team that was playing for nothing even before the trade deadline and started selling off veterans for draft picks once missing the playoffs for a third consecutive season became inevitable.
It wasn’t supposed to go this way for the Habs. They had just missed the playoffs a year ago, finishing with 96 in the standings which is one of the highest totals ever from a non-playoff team.