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Sweepin’ Canadiens are the big early Stanley Cup Playoffs story

Dan Rubenstein breaks down why Montreal, the lone Canadian representative in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, has become the early story of hockey’s spring.

by Dan Rubenstein
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