well, Ducharme and Bouchard were both on Team Canada Jr at some point and regarded highly, so they are fine "prospects".
Real problem with the language thing, and it showed in the hiring of the last HC, as sson as one reputable became available they jumped on him, now we're stuck with Dino Julien. They could have gone with rookies (like Bouchard/Ducharme or others) and it would have not made anything worse.
wanna go french ? ok... take the time and make the effort to find the best one(s), don't just pick the first one that can say Bonjour without an accent you know.