Real question: on paper I feel like Montreal made some good moves and improved their team. Are expectations really that low for them? I guess any team in the bottom 10 has a chance at Bedard and Montreal is def in bottom 10 but are they bottom 3?

on paper , the habs seem pretty decent - however - our Dcore is young and we have no #1G in a very strong division. I think they will have a decent first 25 games - they will trade the extra wingers for assets and continue the rebuild - I expect them to finish around 6-7 just because of a hot start.

I don't think early succes will make Hughes change his plans.