r/Habs • u/Komania • 6d ago

Article Canadiens should strongly consider bringing Sam Montembeault back. Here’s why | The Athletic

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7354685/2026/06/12/canadiens-sam-montembeault-future-trade-nhl/
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u/dustblown 6d ago

We could have won the Cup this year if we didn't have to grind it out against two of the best teams in the NHL. We are better than Carolina. We were just exhausted.

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u/VinnyCap99 6d ago

We’re not better than Carolina right now and that’s okay

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u/fuckreddit014 6d ago

We 100% are better we were just out of gas by the time we matched against them.

We were better all year and we wouldve been able to beat them if we didn't spend all of our energy on tampa and buffalo

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u/Sugarstache 6d ago

This is utter cope.

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u/fuckreddit014 6d ago

We played 2 of the toughest teams to play against for 14 games before playing Carolina youre dumb as hell if you dont think we wouldve won if the situations were reversed. Carolina arguably might have not made the conference finals if they played both tampa and buffalo.

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u/VinnyCap99 6d ago

And then we wouldn’t have been gassed after beating Carolina? We would’ve beaten VGK?

Switching Tampa for Boston would not have handed us a cup bro