Habs Eyes On The Prize · Jul 8, 2021
Sometimes it just isn’t meant to be
Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesAt a certain point, you just started to believe the 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens were meant to win the Stanley Cup.
Was it after Nick Suzuki’s overtime winner in Game 5 against Toronto? Jesperi Kotkaniemi’s in Game 6? Was it during the team’s four-game sweep against the Winnipeg Jets? If it wasn’t by then, surely it was when the Canadiens clinched their spot in the Stanley Cup Final on St. Jean Baptiste Day.
The run was so unbelievable, so absurd (they lost their coach due to a positive COVID-19 test in the middle of the third round!) that no one would blame you if you thought it would end with a comeback from three games down in the Final.