Too young to remember when the Habs were a great organization top to bottom, eh? Voyageurs under Al MacNeil won 3 Calder Cups in the 70s. Robinson, Mondou, Nyrop, Engblom, Lambert, Chartraw, Wilson all won in the A before graduating to the Bigs. 1985 Sherbrooke Canadiens won the Calder Cup. '86 Stanley Cup winning team included rookies Roy, Richer, Lemieux, Skrudland, Lalor, Kordic. Maybe there's a connection?
You want to create a winning culture with a pipeline of good players or do you want to go back to the dodgy organizational depth of the last 30 years? Because you're doing a good job of arguing for the latter.