The Canadiens, the youngest team to participate in the playoffs this year

It’s done, the 2024-25 Montreal Canadiens are in the playoffs.
The way they got there – during the last game of the regular season, against a depleted team – doesn’t matter. From now on, each of the 16 remaining teams must try to get 16 wins to win the Stanley Cup. What happened during the regular season no longer matters, except for home ice advantage (which the Canadiens will never have due to their 17th place in the overall standings).
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