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The Habs have the best future in the NHL (according to The Athletic)
Marc-Olivier Cook
The Habs have the best future in the NHL (according to The Athletic)
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It's been a long time since we've seen a dominant team on the ice in Montreal. The Canadiens have made the playoffs twice in the last five years, but they've never really had a legitimate chance of winning the Stanley Cup. That could soon change, though. The club is building a really solid foundation, and with the youngsters in place, it's possible to be optimistic about the future. On this subject, Scott Wheeler and Dom Luszczyszyn(The Athletic) have carried out a really interesting exercise. By combining the levels of current players and the levels of prospects in each club, they were able to create a model that shows where the teams are and where they're going in the next few years. And it's interesting to see that the Canadiens, in the two guys' model, are the club with the best future in the NHL.

In the text, we read that Hutson, Demidov, Slaf, Fowler, Suzuki, Reinbacher, Dobson, Montembeault, Bolduc, Caufield and Hage are seen as player guys who will help the team be one of the league's best:

The future is bright in Montreal and it's not the first time we've said it.

There's already a nice core in place with guys like Caufield, Slaf, Suzuki, Demidov, Bolduc, Hutson, Dobson, Monty, Guhle… and when the other players are added (I'm talking here about Reinbacher, Hage, Zharovsky and Fowler), it should make for something really interesting on the ice. And the Canadiens will have the resources to be dangerous at all positions too. That, to me, is the most interesting part of looking at the Habs' future situation. Obviously, there are no guarantees here. The plan can always go off the rails, you never know what can happen at any moment… but if the stars align and everything goes the right way, the Canadiens really could be in for a lot of success – and for a long time.

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