April Fool’s Day. The day where no one is safe from the occasional practical joke, when everything that happens seems absolutely ridiculous to the point where you know it can’t be real. How many times did you get that feeling while watching the Montreal Canadiens play this season?
It’s not too much of an insult, really. You could argue the April Fools-ish-ness of the Habs year started back in July before the start of the 2019-20 season.
In an offseason when hockey analysts predicted a boatload of offer sheet attempts, the Montreal Canadiens became the first team in years to do so.