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Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin was looking dapper as always Tuesday afternoon, wearing a finely-tailored blue suit with a Laval Rocket pin on his lapel at a news conference unveiling the new American Hockey League team’s logo and uniforms at Carrefour Laval.

Bergevin’s Canadiens are looking pretty good these days, too, sitting in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 30-14-7 record after Tuesday night’s 5-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, nine points ahead of the second-place Ottawa Senators, who have three games in hand.

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What a difference a year makes. At this point last season, the Canadiens were in the middle of their free-fall out of the playoffs after goalie Carey Price’s season-ending knee injury on Nov. 25.

The Canadiens still have 31 games remaining in the regular season, but at this point it’s hard to imagine them missing the playoffs — especially with injured players Andrei Markov and David Desharnais returning to the lineup and playing well Tuesday night following lengthy injuries.