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The Montreal Canadiens 2012-13 season came to an end Thursday night with a lopsided 6-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators. The loss completed Ottawas opening round series victory and sent the Northeast Division-winning Habs to the dressing room to pack after just five games. But short playoffs aside, the Canadiens performed well above expectations this year, going from worst to first in the division and second overall in the Eastern Conference. The team now transitions into an off-season much different from last spring - which saw a front office overhaul, several contract resolutions and a massive Draft Day haul. But before any works gets done to prepare for next season, the team and its fans are left to determine what the true identity of the 2012-13 Canadiens was. The Canadiens stormed out of the gate once the lockout ended, posting a 13-4-3 record through the first two months of the season and all but monopolizing first place in the Northeast. That torrid pace would continue up until the April 3 trade deadline, with the team sitting at 23-7-5, aided largely by a 19-game stretch that saw the Habs drop just one game in regulation. The Canadiens were also enjoying eye-opening campaigns from rookie sensation Alex Galchenyuk, eventual Calder nominee Brendan Gallagher and soon-to-be Norris nominee P.K. Subban. Carey Price was enjoying another quality season up until April with a .914 save percentage and a 2.30 goals against average, while Brandon Prust was giving the team long-needed toughness and edge and Andrei Markov stayed healthy for the entire 48-game season. Once April began, however, the teams limp towards the postseason would begin. The team doubled its loss total for the season, dropping seven of its last 13 games (including losses to underperforming clubs like Philadelphia and New Jersey). The Canadiens also turned to Peter Budaj down the stretch to help to pick things up for a struggling Price, including a start in the teams final tilt against the Toronto Maple Leafs with the division title hanging in the balance. Still, the Habs overall performance was good enough to earn them the second seed in the Eastern Conference and avoid a potentially worse first-round matchup with the Leafs or Boston Bruins. But once the postseason started, more problems emerged. The Habs threw 50 shots at Craig Anderson in Game 1, but fell to the Senators 4-2 in a game that saw them lose Lars Eller after a hit from Sens defenceman Eric Gryba. They would rebound to win an emotional Game 2 by a score of 3-1. But after that, things got messy. A 6-1 beating in Game 3 saw the head coach Michel Therrien and his team angrier at a Paul MacLean time-out than at the series deficit. Price went down at the end of regulation in Game 4 and Budaj was beaten on the first shot into overtime. And the Canadiens - without Eller, Price, Prust, captain Brian Gionta, fourth line agitator Ryan White and a banged up Max Pacioretty (who played with a separated shoulder suffered in Game 1) were put down for good with another 6-1 loss on Thursday in front of a home crowd. The Habs were beaten by another team with low expectations in 2013, with many having written off the Senators after losing Erik Karlsson, Jason Spezza and Anderson to long-term injuries earlier in the year. The Canadiens could have been playing over their heads in the early going. It could have only been a matter of time before the teams hot start leveled off into a disappointing finish. Or the 2012-13 squad could simply have run into a more determined opponent in the first round and just couldnt cope with their rash of injuries. So which team is the true identity of this seasons Habs? As always, its Your! Call. 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Baseball is considered one of the most superstitious sports, and heading into Game 7 of the World Series, you bet all fans, players and coaches arent taking any risks by switching up their routines. Whether its parking your car in the same spot for a week, not washing your lucky jersey or that special handshake you have to do every time your favorite player walks to the plate, weve all done it.?Especially for the said cursed Chicago Cubs, now isnt the time to take chances. As such, it should come as no surprise that one of those sticking to routine is Cubs manager Joe Maddon.?Ahead of Game 6, Maddon told reporters?that he has a special memento he carries in his bag everywhere he goes: his fathers Los Angeles Angels hat.When asked if he noticed any omens before the game, he said, Omens, I dont know. I did see my dads hat in my bag today. I carry mmy dads hat with me.ddddddddddddHe passed away in 2002, we won the World Series, and Ive had his old Angel hat in my bag since then. So it goes everywhere. So the one thing Im relying on today is my dad. I held onto his hat a little bit this morning, and thats probably the omen, in a sense, going into this game.Call it an omen, call it a superstition, but no matter what you call it, you cant deny its something that works for Maddon, considering it was there when the Angels won the World Series in 2002 while he was bench coach for the team. Not to mention, it was there for the Cubs Game 6 win over the Cleveland Indians?on Tuesday.At a time like this, for Maddon, that hat better be within arms reach.-- Courtney Schellin ' ' '