Read this to learn more about how these projections work and this to understand the uncertainty each projection carries.



The last five years of being a Montreal Canadiens fan have been an absolute roller-coaster. Montreal has had three 100-point seasons and two division titles sprinkled in between two bottom-10 finishes. The Habs have either been one of the best teams in the league or one of the worst – there’s no in between.



When you depend on a single player to win, and that player happens to be a goalie, the volatility between best and worst will only increase in magnitude. All that needs to happen is something to go wrong with that one very important player for everything to fall apart.



That’s what happened in 2015-16 when the team’s best player Carey Price missed the majority of the season with an injury, leaving the rest of an otherwise weak team to fend for itself. That’s what happened last season, too, when Price came...