No

MTL goaltending is going to carry them to 12-15 range

i would be pumped to land another top 5 pick, but its absolutely insane to me to be upset that a bunch of 20-22 year olds are winning games, tanking for the sake of picks seems great in theory, but theres plenty of teams that see no results from landing high picks, i will take seeing growth from the young core and picking 10-15th over landing a top pick without seeing any player development

i mean we are not in pace to pick a top 10-15th pick... and the problem for me is not the youngster playing good it's that other good teams are not playing up to their level and that our goalies are playing in a way that they won't be able to sustain for many season and that's gonna be a big proble when they stop being good/okay goalies.

Relax. If you want a lottery pick you're probably going to get one - I can't see Sam Montembault & Jake Allen combining for a .920 SV% the rest of the way. But as said upthread, settle down - 4 of your top 5 scorers are 23 or younger. It's great for a young team to have success together like this - even if the whole roster isn't ready to make a playoff run just yet, getting them to gel together like this so early on under MSL's system is a huge win. Enjoy the season instead of freaking out about a draft pick you don't even have yet and might not turn out to be half as good as any of the guys currently on your team.

ya i fully expect a few of the other teams around us in the standings to turn it around soon, and our goaltending has played above expectation for sure, but i dont think either of them are part of our future so them over performing may provide some trade opportunities as well. i think habs will finish in the 75-85 point range, hopefully, wont be landing a top 5 pick but also can still be sellers at the deadline.

Very wise comment

The current winning run might also be a good news to increase the value of players we wanted to trade.

thank you for the perpective. i just keep seeing these studs playing so well and they're what we are missing... but you,re right i should be more grateful of our youngster playing that weel.