I didn’t say that rebuilding is bad. I said that Montreal is bad at rebuilding.
Some of Montreal’s recent lottery picks:
Kotkaniemi instead of Tkachuk
Slaf instead of Cooley
Reinbacher instead of Michkov
Montreal has been at the bottom of the league for the last 3 seasons and their lottery picks are average at best, they made the wrong decision every time.
At least you will have another opportunity to draft the wrong player with your lottery pick next year lmao
Kotkaniemi was a bad choice.
Slaf and Cooley? Not sure how you figure that one. Slaf had more points than Cooley did in their respective first full years in the league, and adds some much needed size and physicality to the Montreal lineup. Cooley is a great young player but we have enough small guys up front, Slaf adds a lot to our top line.
Reinbacher and Michkov? Neither one has played a regular season NHL game yet, and defensemen historically take longer to develop than forwards. No idea why you’d try to take a lap on that one.
If you want to pick and choose draft choices, your team hasn’t been much better.
How are Juolevi, Virtanen and Podkolzin working out for you? None of them exactly lit the league on fire.