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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think you are overestimating Montreal's build. Suzuki is pretty mid-level and Caulfield is a Toffoli type player IMO. You can't like their D much or the goaltending. Building around a winger doesn't work very often.
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It’s far from complete - but they were bad again this year, and they’ll get to add another top-5 pick.
They’ll probably get to do that next year too.
Caufield is much faster and shiftier than Toffoli - I like Tyler, but Caufield has 40 goal potential. And Suzuki is very good. Add Berkeley Catton or Lindstrom to Nick Suzuki and that could be a foundational pair of centres.
Slaf had the highest ceiling of any player at the top of the draft, and it looks like he’ll be a star player as advertised.
You don’t just turn down stars because they’re wingers.
Stockpiling talent over a 4-6 year period - that’s clearly their goal, and it’s what ours should be too.