We all know how bad prospect development has been with the habs in the MB era.
Traded up prospect Tinordi was a complete mess and a lost cause. Its almost he busted as soon as we drafted him. Next, Beaulieu. Ahh so much promise so much potential. Unfortunately, like tinordi, he was braindead and busted as well. McCarron is struggling big time. Galchenyuk has been sabotaged by Therrien, Bergevin and now Julien, tho he seems to be excelling despite the low point total. JDLR is a nothing and a waste of a 2nd.
And of course we haven't drafted and developped a superstar since Subban.
But recently, as a criticizing at everything fan, I've been very impressed by almost all Habs prospect in the pipeline.
Sherback has been extremely impressive and hopefully becomes our star player.
Juulsen has been rock solid and looks no where close to as braindead as the famous 2.
Mete, a 4th round pick, is already playing in the NHL as a 19 YO and looks decisevely smarter and better defensively than Sergs. He won gold playing on the top pairing for Canada.
Poehling is looking like a steal so far. More points in college that Mittlestat (WJC... yeah I know).
Other impressive players are hudon and rookie year Lehks.
Then you look at our other prospects and so far Brook and Fleury are looking great with the later also looking like a steal.
Finally, we're about to draft top 5-10 with as of now 4 2nd rounders with chances of acquiring more.
I think our development has improved tremendously. But with that being said fire Berge and Sly. We all know their tendencies. They simply mess things up. A new GM can really capitilaze on this and propel us to a succesful rebuild. All we need are some big league stars to complement these fine pieces. We have this draft plus hopefully the next few drafts. Look at the Sabres, for example, still struggling despite the stars they have. Why? Cuz they got no debt. I'm having a tough time identifying any non-top 10 picks doing well in Buffola.
What do you guys think?