The Montreal Canadiens have built up one of the best pools of prospects in the National Hockey League. Having a great group of young players in the system is obviously better than not having many promising options, but it doesn’t guarantee anything in the future. Some of these players will turn out better than expected but others will never reach their potential.
That is just how it is with prospects. The great thing about the Canadiens system right now is they have tremendous depth. They don’t just have a handful of shiny young prospects that were early picks, they have several nice options at every position.