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How are you enjoying these playoffs? Like me, I’m sure you love seeing the Oilers make hockey exciting again. And there are also thousands of Montrealers who share my enthusiasm for the Predators’ success story, as we watch a chap named P.K. Subban thrive far from the shadow of all the haters in Montreal (some of whom toil in the executive suites of the Montreal Canadiens).

But really, deep down we don’t care who wins these games. We’re Habs fans and we’re down in the dumps because, yet again, our team has blown it when the going got tough. Some are trying to put a positive spin on the Habs’ season, but I don’t take away any positives from a year that started with great hope and ended with two measly wins in the playoffs.

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That’s called a failure. This is a team with Carey Price, who I keep hearing is the best goalie in the world. A team that traded a Norris Trophy-winning defenceman to get blue-line stud Shea Weber, who was supposed to take us places in the post-season. This is a team with a sniper, Max Pacioretty, who is one of the best goal-scorers in the league.