HW Recap: Habs head into the playoffs on a winning note
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It may not have been the prettiest of victories but the Habs ended their season with a pair of wins to secure first place in their division for the second time in three years.
It may not have been the prettiest of victories but the Habs ended their season with a pair of wins to secure first place in their division for the second time in three years.
The NCAA hockey season is now over and the Habs wasted little time inking one of their collegiate prospects, signing forward Mark MacMillan to a two year entry level contract on Sunday afternoon.
The surprising freefall of the Penguins in the past several weeks has dropped them to a wild card spot and with that, has given the Canadiens yet another potential first round opponent. How do the Habs match up with Pittsburgh?
As Max Pacioretty sits for at least two games due to an upper body injury, the Montreal Canadiens came back to beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in overtime as they secured Carey Price’s franchise record 43rd win.
The HabsWorld podcast team of Matt Macaskill and Norm Szcyrek returned to talk about the possible opponents for the Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs.
The Habs didn’t have much success this past week but did enough to hold onto first in the Atlantic as we hit the home stretch on the season. Hamilton also struggled, losing both of their games and really hurting their playoff odds in the process.
By going 6-6-3 in March, the Montreal Canadiens failed to reach at least 8 wins in a month for the first time in the 2014-15 season. Nevertheless, it wasn’t all doom and gloom as the Habs still managed to secure a playoff spot, and are still in the running for home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
With Detroit having moved to the East just recently, there hasn’t been much of an opportunity for the Habs to play many meaningful games against them, let alone develop a rivalry. However, there is a pretty good chance these two could meet in the postseason which would change that in a hurry.
Our April desktop calendar features one of the Habs who greatly stepped up his game at this time last season, Lars Eller.
Although the Habs lost two of three this past week, they were able to officially clinch a playoff spot and remain at the top of the East. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs had a strong week to keep their postseason hopes alive as well.