Mother of hypothetical threads. Would any other non-playoff team beat TB? No. Would MTL? No.
Non-playoff teams do not matter this time of year, they stay on the golf course and at the pool party until the draft.
Tampa outscored the Jackets 17-3 in the regular season. Torts deserves a ton of credit for what's happening.
No way Montreal beat them. Tampa always had Montreal’s number and the Canadiens just don’t match well with Tampa. Most likely a sweep for Tampa.
Well, among impact secondary forwards, you overlooked Shaw for the Habs, and Anderson and Bjorkstrand and Dzingel for the Jackets. After that, tho, you might have a wash.Montreal has
Both are hard working teams, but to me it looks like Columbus has a better D and a better group of core forwards, and Bob can be a top 3 goalie in the world when he's on. Columbus also has the height and weight advantage.
- Price vs Bob
- Jones/Werenski vs Weber/Petry
- Benn Kulak Mete Reilly vs Murray Savard Nutivaara Harrington
- Panarin/Atkinson/Dubois/Duchene vs Domi/Tatar/Drouin/Gallagher/Danault
- I won't list the other forwards but it's probably a wash ?
They added two huge pieces at the end of the season and started playing well weeks before the playoffs.
I'm aware. I watch the Jackets nearly as much as the Pens. Have you compared rosters?
Well, among impact secondary forwards, you overlooked Shaw for the Habs, and Anderson and Bjorkstrand and Dzingel for the Jackets. After that, tho, you might have a wash.
No Hedman and squale in net ( who actually played really well)Montreal also beat Tampa one week before the playoffs, so...
Would the Canadiens have had the same success in the playoffs against Tampa? I’m curious how the fans feel now about missing the playoffs, if it’s worse because they feel like they could have won or if it’s better because Columbus has clearly proven themselves to be the better team now?
Montreal lost to Columbus 6-2, one week before the playoffs. If they would have won that game they would have been in, but they choked.
Columbus > Montreal
what is this? does Arizona beat calgary? who the **** knows? on paper, no. Lots of maybes. TB doesn't seem to be match up well vs heavy teams that can skate too. They got spanked by caps late in year. Habs present different problems, but it would've required Price in God-mode. It's irrelevant now