Something special is happening with the Montreal Canadiens right now.
They went into their first-round series with the Toronto Maple Leafs as the heaviest of underdogs. No mainstream analysts were predicting them to win — even Habs beat reporters resigned themselves to choosing the Leafs as their favourite to move on to the North Division final.
The Habs didn’t care.
They went down 3-1 in the series, and just when it looked like those analyst predictions would come to fruition, they mounted an epic comeback featuring two consecutive overtime wins. They refused to quit.