"There's talk of tanking around the NHL right now, as the upcoming draft prospects are seeming to be particularly choice. Historically Detroit has been known as a powerhouse for tanks - with armored beasts with names like Stuart, Sherman, Pershing, and Patton all rolling off its assembly lines to swell the arsenals of democracy. The only tank to be built in Montreal had the rather more prosaic moniker of Ram, and was relegated mainly to training and support roles for its service. Tanks in the NHL are all about positioning, not attacking, and it remains to be seen if Detroit wants to crank out a tank like it was 1944 again, and whether the Habs can maintain their position and ram their way to a top draft pick." - Plausible Keats