That's actually pretty fair.
Other than expectations is kind of a black box here, is ours expectations or the Habs expectation? If it's the Habs expectations, what are they exactly? Do we even knows them?
Is it fair to think the Habs are doing what they doing because they have defined goal in mind on their own defined timeline that may not exactly match what the fans are expecting? (It doesn't imply that what they are doing is the right thing to do, just that they have their internal roadmap to handle this.)