What's the deal with people saying Montreal played us well this year, wasn't it 6-3-1?
Montreal is easily my preferred opponent.
They have a rookie coach who doesn't seem to know what he's doing.
They've been hit by injuries including to their star goalie.
They've had a condensed schedule.
They can't score.
Their top center has less points than our top center has goals. Their second line center has two more points than our second line center has goals and seems to be in a serious confidence crisis.
Think about the narrative about their forward depth before the season started, it is to laugh.
Winnipeg is much scarier, but still not that scary.
They have the ponies up front to give us a hard time, but Ehlers being out is a huge hit.
Their D is terrible on paper but kind of works for them.
Somehow, they've become a soft team.
Behind that is a potentially huge problem if he gets hot. Price is a bit too old to really worry about, but Helle is still young and nimble enough to post a .945 and sink us.
Hellebuyck and Schiefele worry me on Winnipeg, no one on Montreal does.
Montreal is likely but it doesn't matter, I like the Leafs against either team (also Edmonton). It's not gonna be 'Leafs in 3', you know both teams will play hard, but you'd have to be insane to be someone in the Montreal or Winnipeg organizations and look forward to playing the Leafs.
