NHL Power Rankings: The Canadiens in the top-5

It’s a great accolade from the experts at NHL.com.

Only four teams are ahead of the Canadiens: the Mammoth, the Avalanche, the Devils and the Golden Knights.

With all this success, more than one Canadiens player is expected to take part in the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. According to Jean-François Chaumont’s analysis, many Montreal players could join Juraj Slafkovsky (already named to Slovakia’s preliminary team).

We’re talking about players like Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Jakub Dobes and Oliver Kapanen.

After an “easier” October, we can expect a lot more action in November. In 11 games in October, the Habs played only two teams that made the playoffs last season, and both of those games were losses.

In November, the Habs will face such powers as the Devils, Mammoth, Golden Knights and Avalanche.

The Canadiens may well continue their wave of success over the next month, but expect a lot more adversity. So don’t start stressing out if a few losses follow against good teams.

Despite all this adversity, November will be a very entertaining month. In addition to taking on some big NHL teams, Montreal will be facing a number of important rivals, including the Senators, Maple Leafs and Bruins.

The Canadiens are on track for fifth place in the NHL power rankings, but they’ll have their work cut out to stay in the top five.

Overtime

– Alexander Zharovsky is on the right track.

– Nick Schmaltz’s value must be enormous.

– It won’t be an easy task.

– Jordan Harris to miss out due to injury.