I'll grant you that. If we roll back 5 more years to 2005, it's a different picture:
1. Andrei Kostitsyn, RW
2. Alex Perezhogin, RW
3. Chris Higgins, LW
4. Kyle Chipchura, C
5. Tomas Plekanec, C
6. Yann Danis, G
7. Marcel Hossa, LW
8. Corey Locke, C
9. Ron Hainsey, D
10. Oskari Korpikari, D
…
18. Alexi Yemelin, D
19. Jaroslav Halak, G
Not as many busts. Plekanec is one of the most underrated players in the NHL. Chipchura, Hainsey, and Higgins have had long NHL careers. Kostitsyn was a valuable player for a few years.
Hainsey was the one the Habs should have kept.