In Part One of our Atlantic Division offseason series, we compared the Senators to the Toronto Maple Leafs, a team that finished 21 points behind Ottawa and responded with a massive summer overhaul.Part Two presents a very different challenge.The Montreal Canadiens aren't trying to climb back into the playoff picture. As a team that made the Conference Final after taking down the Atlantic's top two teams in the playoffs, they are by definition, a Stanley Cup contender.Montreal finished with 106 points last season, seven more than Ottawa, and then went all the way to the Eastern Final before losing to Carolina, the eventual Cup winner.So while the Senators were forced into some roster changes this summer, the Canadiens decided not to pick at theirs.This just in: the Senators' offseason turned on a dime when Brady Tkachuk requested a trade and was eventually sent to Florida for the ninth and 25th picks in the 2026 draft, a 2027 second-rounder, and a 2029 first-round pick.G…
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