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It was a debacle. A catastrophe. An embarrassment. A calamity. A clinker, a dud, a busted flush, a butt-kicking, a shellacking, a passing, drubbing, a rout, a slaughter.

Empty your adjectives, because Friday night’s 10-0 beat down at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets was all of those things for the Montreal Canadiens.

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It was also only one game. In the standings B.C. (Before Columbus) the Canadiens were first in the NHL. The standings A.C. (After Columbus) showed the club still on top. After a rather sloppily played win at home over the Flyers on Saturday, the Habs were 10-1-1 — and taking more abuse than a journalist at a Donald Trump rally.

Is there any other team in sports that would find itself the target of such fan fury after 10 wins and two losses? Anywhere? And from the reaction to the Canadiens weekend you would swear the team was 1-1-10.

Whatever happened to enjoying a win? Now, fans and media alike pick it apart. Have a great record? They insist it has come against a bunch of losers, which would come as news to the likes of Boston, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay.