Very true, but Rousin was never considered an elite level prospect and certainly not one that was ranked 1st overall by any scouting service. Richards wasn't either. I think a lot of the time when you're the top dog, people try to find flaws with you to the extent that your stock ends up dropping unless you get exponentially better from season to season, regardless of the surrounding circumstances. To take a player the quality of Radulov off your line and to expect results in the same ballpark is just ....not very smart. I think whatever team drafts him will be getting a steal considering it's all but set in stone he's not going Top 5 unless the Habs can wrangle the 5th pick from Washington. I'm not even sure they're in negotiation that high, but you never know. FWIW, Eklund said that Montreal was on the verge of moving up.