Before I get started, I want to get something out of the way. I have been hard on Antti Niemi the past few games, but he was very good against Dallas and was a big part of the win. I said he had to be better, and on Monday, he absolutely was.
Now, on to regularly scheduled programming.
December is usually a month the Montreal Canadiens stumble in. Whenever they get off to a hot start in October, people always look at the calendar, and sigh... ‘yeah, but wait until the eventual December slump.