Canadiens’ Stanley Cup Day Still Echoes Through Hockey History

Montreal’s name still carries a different kind of weight when the Cup comes up, because this franchise has turned championship moments into part of the league’s furniture. A day-in-history item like this does not need much dressing up, but the Canadiens always bring the kind of baggage that makes old hockey people nod knowingly. There is a reason every generation keeps circling back to Montreal when the sport talks about standard-setters, and this one is no different.