These are not your father’s Montreal Canadiens. Check that, depending on how old you are, these actually might resemble your dad’s Habs. But they’re certainly not your grandfather’s. That much was evident when coach Claude Julien answered a question in French about his team’s defense corps after the Canadiens shocked the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of their qualification series.
Mixing both of Canada’s official languages, better known as Franglais, Julien praised “The Big Three” for the Canadiens. Anyone who knows even a little about the illustrious history of the Canadiens knows that you never, ever uses those words unless you’re talking about Serge Savard, Larry Robinson and Guy Lapointe, a trio of defensemen who have 20 Stanley Cup rings, two Norris Trophies and two Conn Smythe Trophies among them.