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Originally Posted by Mike8
I think we're getting a little ahead of ourselves.
Firstly, not every prospect will pan out. There are no 'sure bet' top six forwards among the team's prospects.
Secondly, by the time some of the prospects pan out (should they reach their potential), it's conceivable that some of the current core may begin to suffer some major injuries that hinder their career, or they have a falling out with management, or they become UFAs and sign elsewhere.
Lastly, on the average team you have two scoring lines, one checking line, and one energy line. In an ideal world where the Habs manage to keep their core intact, and see some of their prospects develop properly, the team could roll three two-way lines and one checking line. This is quite common among the better teams in the league (Detroit in the past, Ottawa, Toronto when healthy, etcetera.)
There is no problems in terms of "too much" depth. I'd say the only prospects that Montreal has among their forwards that are sure fire NHLers are Plekanec and Higgins, and neither are sure fire top six forwards.
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Right on!!
Let's not count are chickens before they hatch. If at some point in the future we find we have too many good prospects that need to play at the NHL level, we will have one of the sweetest problems we could possibly have.
There is always a solution to every problem. If we have at some point too many scoring forwards, and/or too many good defensemen, we could always trade for high draft picks and solidfy the future even futher (ala Sam Pollack).
Trust me, this is the least of managements worries.
