Flawed cynical arguments on here and elsewhere are always steeped in the same loose logic:
Other teams' good moves are the result of skill and hockey knowledge and are imminently sustainable.
Habs management and drafting personnel suck, are unknowledgeable and doomed to make mistakes at every turn. When something goes right, it's just luck.
Difficult to read the same thing over and over again in just a slightly modified version from time to time. Repetition and hive mindset with complete blind agreement only makes lesser minds feel intelligent, a soothing mirage at best...
Only thing that matters are results at the NHL level. I have no idea why Timmins and Co are able to be that great without results. And see...you talk about cynical argumentation and you have the nerve to add ''when something goes right, it's just luck''? Who says that?
What's hard to read over and over again is how this prospect pool is NOW the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be. Every year. With....not a lot of results. Especially when you know that in Montreal, you need to be better than the best. 'Cause you can't trade. You can't get UFA's. You can't get nothing. You need TOP players to come from the draft. What's also tiring is to say how great we are....withoutu comparing others. As if we are playing in a league of our own. Yes, we might have the best prospect pool we've had in a long time. 3 questions coming from this statement....how better is it? And how better compared to the others is it? And amongst that qualilty and that depth, how many have elite potential? Right people do add McShane, Fonstad, Hillis and even Houle in the quality and depth. Fine. It is that today. But do people know that it's possible that 2 or maybe even 3 of those guys aren't signed next June? Will it affect that supposed quality and depth? And if that happens, that quality and depth wouldn't have passed the signing stage? People don't see how fragile it could be? Not that long ago, we had incredible depth on net.....with Lindgren, McNiven and Primeau. Who cares about Lindgren? Yes McNiven has great ECHL stats...but do people really think he's a NHL prospect? Or are ALL of our hope goes with Primeau right now? So yes, in the end, that depth....is no depth. But geez, can we get some quality out of Primeau though...that's for sure.
Just saying...enough with the OH MY GOD IN 2/3 YEARS WE ARE GOING TO BE A CONTENDER based on what we see today. We might. But there's a lot of things to work on. And things can change fast. Josh Brook already went from top 4 NHL D to not good enough for the AHL for some people....which is obviously way too soon of an analysis to make but...we have to admit that we thought he'd be better than what he is showing...