Habs make World Cup picks

Artturi Lehkonen, Victor Mete, and Jacob de la Rose predict who will win Russia 2018

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By Steven Nechay @CanadiensMTL / canadiens.com

MONTREAL -- The Habs are no strangers to soccer -- after all, they warm up with their own version of the Beautiful Game nightly during hockey season.

With that in mind, canadiens.com asked the boys to fill out World Cup brackets before Russia 2018 kicks off on Thursday.
Swipe through Artturi Lehkonen, Victor Mete, and Jacob de la Rose's picks below:

While Swedish forward De la Rose notably went full homer with his pick of the Blågult winning it all for the first time, we think it's the type of Scandinavian confidence that would make countryman Zlatan Ibrahimovic proud.

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