If Bergevin doesn't squander our future, and listens to what Lefebvre, Brisebois, Lapointe and Timmins have to say about how well (or how badly, it can and will happen) the kids are doing, if the draft next year is as good as this year (and it's looking like a very solid draft, in which we got lots of high picks) we could very well have 6-7 very fructuous years in which one or 2 cups are possible.
High end, low cost talent is what wins it in the cap era, and you build that with skilled youth. We're getting that. In fact, it seems like every decision Bergevin took is precisely in that direction.
And it also seem like Bergevin will buy out Gomez' contract. Sounds stupid? It isn't. First of all, burying someone in the minors isn't a great way to go around if you already have a hard time getting UFAs to come. And if Bergevin's goal is that the team is a top flight team in 3 years, then it's okay to pay a little more, to make the Habs look like a class organisation (like the Pens did in the Staal trade) as a decisive break from the old regime. Makes rebuilding that much easier.