Like most annoying little siblings, the Montreal Canadiens have been chasing the Toronto Maple Leafs all season. The Habs don’t have the same skill, or ability to attract big free agents, but they had the opportunity to pass their big sibling Maple Leafs in the standings tonight with a win.
They did not get the win.
In fact, John Tavares finished off a Maple Leafs third-period comeback to win the game 4-3 in overtime. John Tavares. That’s funny, wasn’t he the guy who chose to have a meeting with the Leafs and not the Canadiens, despite the Quebec franchise spending all of last season preparing cap space and trade proposals in order to lure the franchise center to French Canada?