Are the 2025 Montreal Canadiens the new 2019 St-Louis Blues?

[Pieck]

I’m excited for them and don’t think they’re obvious round 1 fodder. But no. Having expectations at this point would be silly imo

 

[FMichael]

If not my beloved Red Wings - I wouldn’t have any issues with the Habs making the playoffs and be a dark horse.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Wouldnt a better question be are the 2025 Habs the 2021 Habs?

 

[Avs2022]

I hope MTL makes the playoffs. One of the few Canadian teams I root for aside from Ottawa.

 

[Garbageyuk]

I'd much rather have TOR face them than OTT in round one.

But they won't move up into the WC1 spot and will get demolished by the Caps in round one. At least they'll gain playoff experience. Things do seem to be looking up.

A Leafs fan talking about playoff experience is wild . Suzuki, Caufield, Gallagher, Anderson, and Armia all have finals experience from the Habs run in ‘21. Remember how they whipped your Leafs out of the playoffs in round 1 that year, or did you black that out from your memory?

 

[Xirik]

They have more in common with the 2024 Capitals

 

[Garbageyuk]

Wouldnt a better question be are the 2025 Habs the 2021 Habs?

‘21 Habs in 4 lol. This team is just getting started though.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Never take Montreal lightly. They just about won the cup during COVID.

 

[Wats]

The 2025 Blues look like the 2019 Blues. Swear the had the same crazy run to make playoffs after firing coach too.

 

[Frank Drebin]

is this all because of the suzuki and thomas polls??

the habs are keeping this saber fan up at night!

 

[Frank Drebin]

A Leafs fan talking about playoff experience is wild . Suzuki, Caufield, Gallagher, Anderson, and Armia all have finals experience from the Habs run in ‘21. Remember how they whipped your Leafs out of the playoffs in round 1 that year, or did you black that out from your memory?

I think he also blacked out the last time the leafs got their preferred opponent in the playoffs. Bring on Florida!

 

[robertmac43]

Nope - but this years Blues are kind of like their 2019 selves.

 

[Enga Olly]

Lots of Hab fans out there so they are not one big monolith, but many of them are parade planning. They are way more guilty of it than Leaf fans

 

[GlitchMarner]

A Leafs fan talking about playoff experience is wild . Suzuki, Caufield, Gallagher, Anderson, and Armia all have finals experience from the Habs run in ‘21. Remember how they whipped your Leafs out of the playoffs in round 1 that year, or did you black that out from your memory?

Which part do you disagree with exactly? That they won't catch OTT or that they'll get wrecked by WSH? You wrote yourself that they'll "lose in three."

My post wasn't even insulting to the team lmao. Guys like Slaf and Hutson will get playoff experience. How's that a bad outcome?

 

[Sypher04]

The Atlantic is very weak this season...especially at the top. Plenty of opportunities for bottom dweller playoff teams to push through and make at least a partial run at the SC.

Atlantic doesn’t have that runaway team at the top like they have in recent years but it’s far from weak at the top. The central division is the standout, the rest are more or less comparable at the top end with the only real outlier team being Washington.

 

[Sypher04]

I think he also blacked out the last time the leafs got their preferred opponent in the playoffs. Bring on Florida!

People make way too much out of a small portion of the fanbase chanting we want Florida. It was more of an FU to Boston than anything actually to do with Florida.

 

[Garbageyuk]

Which part do you disagree with exactly? That they won't catch OTT or that they'll get wrecked by WSH? You wrote yourself that they'll "lose in three."

My post wasn't even insulting to the team lmao. Guys like Slaf and Hutson will get playoff experience. How's that a bad outcome?

I never said whether I disagreed or not. I said it was hilarious that a Leafs fan was chirping another team about playoff experience, which it unequivocally is lmao.

It’s also hilarious to see a Leafs fan say they’d rather face this team or that team. You should be worried about any possible opponent . Enjoy your team’s annual Spring Choke Job. Lmao

 

[Garbageyuk]

Lots of Hab fans out there so they are not one big monolith, but many of them are parade planning. They are way more guilty of it than Leaf fans

Prove it.

 

[crazyfisherman]

St louis literally went from dead last to making the playoffs, habs won 5 of last 10 games, 20-13-6 in 2025 Its not the same stratosphere

 

[Nosferatu]

after rhis jinx thread they are not even gonna make it to the playoffs

 

[Coffee]

after rhis jinx thread they are not even gonna make it to the playoffs

Nice reverse jinx

 

[Dust]

A team with 37 wins in 76 games with a -22 GD shouldn't really be in playoff contention in a normal year. St. Louis was a 99 point team with a healthy positive GD. Not close to comparable.

 

[ole ole]

Lots of Hab fans out there so they are not one big monolith, but many of them are parade planning. They are way more guilty of it than Leaf fans

Ever season all we hear from Leaf fans is This is our yr . Rinse and repeat.
No use for any other team to plan any parade because of the Leafs.

 

[Frank Drebin]

A team with 37 wins in 76 games with a -22 GD shouldn't really be in playoff contention in a normal year. St. Louis was a 99 point team with a healthy positive GD. Not close to comparable.

Check the record since Dec 1
Habs are a playoff team

 

[Golden_Jet]

Just like the 2019 Blues, the 2025 Canadiens were a bottom team around Christmas time. They put a tremendous effort and barring a major collapse (won't happen IMO, other Eastern teams are too far behind), they'll make the playoffs.

So, do you see Montreal as a darkhorse for the 2025 Stanley Cup?

lol maybe check your stats first, habs were 10th in the league at Christmas, not at or near the bottom.
So they’ve actually gotten worse since Christmas.

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