The sheep will pile onto Colorado after a 7-2 shellacking of Montreal earlier this year, but the crowd is conveniently ignoring that the Avalanche are playing the SECOND LEG of a back-to-back after getting crushed 5-2 by Ottawa the night before — exhausted legs on the road is a recipe for disaster. Montreal is banged up, sure, but so is Colorado with Manson on IR, and playing at home in a raucous Bell Centre against a gassed opponent is exactly the spot where a fired-up Habs squad covers. The public is chasing a blowout result that happened months ago while ignoring the fatigue spot staring them right in the face — fade the crowd, take Montreal at plus-money juice.