The Montreal Canadiens ended their four-game homestand by finally beating their ghost of Christmas past, the Detroit Red Wings. In this episode of Habsent Minded, Jared Book and Anton Rasegård discuss Mathieu Perreault’s unlikely hat trick and why a local player doing well hits differently with the local fans.
It’s hard to know what to make of this team. Yes, they are coming off a Stanley Cup final appearance, but were in the second half of the league standings during the regular season.