Habs Face Do-or-Die Crunch in Playoff Hunt

The Canadiens sit in the thick of a brutal Eastern wild card scrum, with the Penguins, Islanders, and Blue Jackets breathing down their necks as every point counts double down the stretch. Montreal's front office knows one more slip could turn hopeful whispers in the locker room into full-blown panic, especially with GM Kent Hughes watching the trade wires heat up.