Totally agree...except..they are now in 5th place (in the league, having moved up from 8th) and a lot of "power" teams like Minnesota have spectacular records like 2-6-2 over the last ten, or like Pittsburgh, Chicago, etc., get repeatedly "schooled" by far lessor teams.

Habs great?, No, just good. Unlikely to go past the 3rd round, but trying to say they are anything but a top quartile team is bunk. They are one of the top 5-7 teams in the league (recent record? top 3-4) no way around it.

In fact, they are remarkably consistent - if you look at the league statistics tables and sort, they almost always right around where they are overall - around 5-8th...other teams have phenomenal home records, sad away records, or  huge goals diffs that look out of place, relative to their recent record...habs are where they are just a notch below the cream - by record...

Like the entire league, on any given night, they can beat, or be beaten by anyone else...