Though they finished fourth in the Scotia North Division, securing the last Stanley Cup Playoff spot in the North, they finished 18th in the 31-team NHL.
They replaced Claude Julien as coach with Dominique Ducharme on Feb.
15 pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, did not play in the first two games of that series.
“You can see the confidence that it’s building in this dressing room and within the team culture itself, let alone the organization and the coaching staff or management,” Richardson said.
The Canadiens have won the Stanley Cup 23 times since the NHL was born in 1917, 10 more than the next team, the Maple Leafs.
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