What if the plan wouldve worked

I did this exercise myself a little while back also.

The Habs would probably have been a playoff contender for sure. I mean simply adding Aho alone should have given the Habs a couple extra wins. Had MB pulled it all off, the team would have probably been closer to what he had envisioned, barring crazy injuries of course.

Problem is so much weighed on that OS working and yet he gave a half hearted one. So it backfired and thus became a negative aspect with nothing positive coming from it.

I don't hate MB and lots of what he has done has been good. But it seems he can't stop himself from making a terrible move right at crucial junctures of his career as GM of the Habs. Great micro GM, terrible macro GM IMO. He needs a president of hockey ops to reel him in when he gets too over the too. Molson doesn't want to involve himself in the team too much so he lets MB have full reigns but I think that is a detriment to this team right now.

Words of wisdom.