Entering the draft, the Montreal Canadiens, and especially Trevor Timmins, made it clear what they were looking for: players with high upside, with the potential to feature in the top of the lineup, and, most of all, with the ability to play fast.
The same discourse was repeated multiple times, and it seems to now be somewhat of a philosophy of the organization, at least when it comes to the draft.
The game has constantly been speeding up, and you can’t be left playing catch-up; something the organization has been guilty of in the past.