Button's prospect list has two Habs amongst the top 10 in the entire league, with Romanov at 5 and Caufield at 10. That kind of projection has Romanov as a top pair player (not next year, but eventually).
This is still with guys under 21 currently in the NHL in Mete, Fleury, Suzuki, Kotkaniemi, and Poehling.
The current group is already ahead of anything the DeLaRose, Collberg, Fucale, etc... group ever did. I don't see the reason to be negative on them.