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The habs are going to participate in the playoffs and it’s also because the team stayed healthy
Marc-Olivier Cook
The habs are going to participate in the playoffs and it’s also because the team stayed healthy
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There is a reason why the Canadiens will participate in the playoffs this year.

And it’s not magic.

In the regular season, the team was healthy, unlike in recent years. Kirby Dach missed a few games – like Patrik Laine, but overall, the players were able to avoid the infirmary.

This season, no fewer than 10 players on the team played 80 games or more.

This is no small feat.

Also, note that Alexandre Carrier has not missed a single game since the Canadiens acquired him in December:

(Credit: HockeyDB)

Anderson missed one game, but it was because of the birth of his child.

Slaf missed three games only, Heineman was absent for a while since he was hit by a car… but still: when a team is not often injured, it is much easier to get results.

At this level, let’s recall that the Canadiens changed their medical team in September 2023.

Several players had to miss games in 23-24 (Slaf, Dach, Newhook, Dvorak)… but now, it seems that the injury curse is (finally) gone.

This is good news, of course.

It’s hard to win games when half the team can’t play. We’ve seen this phenomenon in recent years in Montreal, and it’s maybe also why the Habs had a tough time – with a lack of talent.

You know, when your lineup looks like this on February 27… it’s not normal:

Credit should be given to the medical staff. The team’s employees have well-prepared the players this season, and it shows when looking at the number of games played by each guy in 24-25.

So much the better. And again: without the staff’s work, maybe the Habs wouldn’t be in the playoffs at the time of writing these lines.


Overtime

– Wow.

– Uh…

– Cole Hutson will not make the jump to the pros this year.

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