From frank_seravalli: Habs eliminated, but future is bright in Montreal. MORE:
So it will be that the weight of a 26-year drought now rests on the shoulders of three clubs to bring the Stanley Cup home – not four.
All that’s left to play for is positional jockeying on the final day of the 2018-19 regular season – and one little detail that could only rub salt on a fresh wound in La Belle Province. In a city where anything less than Cup contention is failure, that would make these dark times. But the pain is dulled today in Montreal – because it’s easy to overlook the ugly recent past with a future so bright.
It feels like forever ago now that maligned forwards Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk hung over the Habs like a black cloud.Tatar should win the Comeback Player of the Year award, if one existed, hitting a new career-high of 58 points after being handed to the Habs as a salary dump in the Pacioretty deal.
There are no longer cries for help at centre. Kotkaniemi could well be the two-way, No. 1 pivot the Habs have been craving. Domi is an ideal No. 2 centre that attacks the zone with pace and tenacity. Meanwhile, Phillip Danault will receive votes for the Selke Trophy.
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