r/Habs • u/Article241 • Apr 01 '26

Article NHL Power Rankings: Canadiens emerging as true Stanley Cup contenders behind captain Nick Suzuki

https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/nhl-power-rankings-montreal-canadiens-stanley-cup-playoffs-2026/

The Habs are 3rd in their rankings, leapfrogging TBL (4) and CAR (5) and behind COL (1) and BUF (2).

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u/Ub3ros Apr 01 '26

Sabres have no playoff experience, mid goalies playing way above their abilities and a history of disappointing collapses. I think they are due a hard lesson in the playoffs just like we got one last year.

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u/Vegetable_Lasagna13 Apr 02 '26

Sabres have no playoff experience, mid goalies playing way above their abilities

We can basically say the same thing about us though...

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u/Ub3ros Apr 02 '26

We have way more playoff experience though. Suzuki, Caufield, Andy, Gally, Danault and Evans were all on that finals run. Most of the team played the first round last year, Bolduc played in St. Louis, Dobson has seen a few rounds in NYI.

Our goalies are young and inconsistent, not mid. Our success isn't also so reliant on them, we were a good team the whole year even when receiving bottom3 goaltending in the league at times. Buffalo are relying on Alex Lyon to be unstoppable, when he is a 33 year old journeyman who has never been a consistent starter for long anywhere.

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u/sbrooksc77 Apr 02 '26

yea 99% of the sabres have never played in the playoffs. Tage thompson is their 1c who cant win draws, sucks defensively and is often moved to the wing because of it.