Habs fans are notoriously pessimistic
That's true for a lot of the bigger fanbases - not an absolute, of course. And the other part is polls on here are worthless if your a fan of a massive, polarizing fanbase.
As for the Habs being #6 on this list- I disagree but it's just one person's opinion- i.e. Pronman. It has no substantial effect beyond that one opinion.
To be fair, Pronman was high on some of the later Hab picks (McShane, Hillis)- which I wasn't a huge fan of, in particular- before the Habs chose them. A lot of stock being put on this draft....if that was the case, I would have still put NYI, Detroit, Florida (Florida is more debatable) over the Habs pool, at the very least.
NYI picked up 1 elite and 1 high-end prospect in this draft for me (Dobson, Wahlstrom, respectively) and Ishakov and Wilde (two boom-bust guys with a high ceiling) are two guys I was high on as flyers in the 2nd.
Detroit with Zadina, Veleno, Berggren, McIssac, Regula with their first (first 3 rounds) selections were incredible for me. McIssac, Regula are perfect flyers in those rounds and I was high on both entering (I wanted my team to get in on Regula in particular). Zadina, Veleno, Berggren provide excellent value in their slots, even if the latter have some risk attached.
Florida is more debatable. I really liked their draft this year as well, and Borgstrom is an elite prospect for me. I liked Denisenko a lot entering as BPA and Noel was excellent value at his slot- but they didn't have the volume of picks that the Habs had this year.
Detroit being 1 slot off, NYI being ahead.....it's not that much of a travesty if you look at it that way.
So you listed three players.... on three different teams...
Wheres their Ylonen? Wheres their Poehling? Wheres their Juulsen? That counts as high end.
Ylonen and Poehling might be high-end by Pronman's definition. But definitions aside, I wouldn't consider Juulsen high-end, he's a prospect that's not worth the slot he was taken in, in pure value anymore IMO. He's one of those guys where the Habs may not like a ~mid-2nd for, but where another team wouldn't offer more, at the same time.