[The Darkest Canuck]

When they finished first 2 seasons ago, people were expecting them to miss the playoffs. Last year, habs fans had high hopes for their team's 100th season, planning a parade route all year long, only to see them finish in 8th place overall in the East, just barely sneaking in to the playoffs, and then, as we all know, they got bounced in 4 games by the hated Bruins.

So the way I see it, with all of the so-called experts predicting that the habs won't finish any higher than 8th, they will probably surprise everyone again (except for me), by finishing strong as one of the top 5 in the East.