The crowd is riding the Cinderella wave for Montréal, but analysts are calling a Canadiens win 'nothing short of a miracle' — Carolina is the overwhelming Eastern Conference favorite for a reason. The Hurricanes had a clean path through Ottawa and Philly and are peaking at the right time, while Montréal is running on emotion that playoff-hardened Carolina will extinguish fast. Fade the feel-good story, back the machine.