Maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention, but nobody seems to have noticed that the...

Maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention, but nobody seems to have noticed that the Montreal Canadiens have been a truly horrible team this season.

Gabriel Desjardins, fresh off of watching Queen's upset Laval, takes a look at the Canadiens' and Maple Leafs' underlying numbers. The conclusion is only a surprise if you haven't been paying attention.

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I noticed

Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That

by JaredFromLondon on Nov 22, 2009 4:37 PM EST reply actions

The big difference between Montreal and Toronto is that the Canadiens are 8-1 in overtime/shoot-out while the Leafs are 1-6.

After regulation, the Habs are 3-10-9 and the Leafs are 3-11-7.

by general borschevsky on Nov 23, 2009 8:17 AM EST up reply actions

I noticed

But when you try to tell a Habs fan that, the typical response is “Laffs sux 1967” etc. etc.

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by LeafBoy on Nov 22, 2009 4:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Rec'd

For truthulence

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Nov 22, 2009 6:58 PM EST up reply actions

Drink up, smoke up…We want the Van-ier Cup…

by Hawerchuk on Nov 22, 2009 4:42 PM EST reply actions

If this was the 1920s, University of Toronto would so be university football champions.

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by bkblades on Nov 22, 2009 4:46 PM EST reply actions

But surely the Habs “awesomeness” at circus time hockey will be advantageous for them in the playoffs, right (assuming they get there)?

They also undeservingly made the playoffs last season, finishing at .500 in regulation time and with the 9th best record in the East (30-30-22), yet got in ahead of the more deserving Panthers (34-30-18). Montreal had a 11-11 record at the circus while Florida was 7-11. The two teams were actually tied in points at 93, but because they were also tied in “wins” (41), Montreal got in due to the third tiebreaker, teams’ records against each other. It shouldn’t have came down to that, IMO, because Florida was the better team when it really counted.

by Slava Duris #24 on Nov 22, 2009 4:55 PM EST reply actions

The Habs are great at 4 on 4 OT’s and shootouts (although last night they lost a shootout…maybe the Leafs backwards helmets had something to do with it…) ;)

But since those don’t exist in the PLAYOFFS!!!1, if they do get there it won’t be for long ;)

Truculence...starting 10/1/09

by LeafBoy on Nov 22, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions

its nice to know that if Burke had spent all his money on offense, the leafs wouldnt be much better off

Puns, Innuendo and Bad Spelling, Yes We Got That

by JaredFromLondon on Nov 22, 2009 5:03 PM EST up reply actions

The Rangers and Canadiens were tied for 8th in the East and both had worse records than Florida…And Anaheim’s record was 9th in the West. The Ducks were the luckiest (no pun intended) last year – 19th-best record overall. The most egregious failure is Tampa making the playoffs in 2006-07 with the 21st-best record.

by Hawerchuk on Nov 22, 2009 5:14 PM EST up reply actions

The Leafs were screwed out of the playoffs by the shutout the first two post-lockout seasons right?

by Clawson on Nov 22, 2009 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

Don’t remember if it happened in 2005-06 (they got eliminated when Tampa Bay scored in overtime when the Leafs had 2 games left…) 2006-07 yes…New Jersey tied the Islanders up with 0.9 seconds left to force overtime in the final game of the regular season, and the Islanders won the shootout and got in instead of Toronto (with the Devils playing Scott Clemmensen in goal…).

But then, the Islanders didn’t last long in the playoffs. Last season at least Anaheim beat the Sharks and then took the Wings to 7 games. Montreal…well we all know what happened to THEM ;)

Truculence...starting 10/1/09

by LeafBoy on Nov 22, 2009 5:29 PM EST up reply actions

I remember that Isles/Devils debacle

right after the best game of that season, a 6-5 victory that kicked the Habs out the playoffs.

Wherever you are, all I have to say to you is: Fuck you, Wade Dubliewicz.

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by Marc Pilgrim on Nov 22, 2009 5:49 PM EST up reply actions

I was driving home from Easter dinner and just wanted to let go of the wheel and crash the car and let it all be over.

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by Chemmy on Nov 22, 2009 6:19 PM EST up reply actions

LOL

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Nov 23, 2009 9:33 AM EST up reply actions

Well

Dublewicz is off in the KHL with the SNES reject Martin Gerber

by Kevin Sellathamby on Nov 22, 2009 7:00 PM EST up reply actions

well you can take solace in the fact that he will forever be “remembered” as a shittier manny legace… so yeah.. sucks to be him…

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by AkiSchennberg on Nov 22, 2009 7:55 PM EST up reply actions