Quoting: Campabee
I don't like to rely on player comp's, every player is a different person both on and off the ice. The reason I am not interested in trading 1st OVA is because 1. Wright is the best player in this draft right now (maybe he ends up as the 5th best in 3-5 years maybe he remains the best) 2. Montreal's biggest need is at center 3. No one is offering a 2023 unprotected 1st + a top 5 pick this year as compensation.
I agree with your 2nd and 3rd points, but for your 1st point is where that all becomes irrelevant. Regardless if Wright is the consensus best player, if he isn't 1st on Jeff Gorton, Kent Hughes, Martin Lapointe and all the Habs scouting team draft board. They won't pick him. and that is a legitimate possibility.
So let's say Habs have Nemec as #1 on their draft board, Slafkovsky #2, Wright #3, Jiricek #4, and Cooley #5 (who knows), MTL will definitely look at maximizing their 1st overall pick and trading down, to get more value if they believe NJD and ARI don't have Nemec at #1 or #2 on their draft boards. That's how that works. If they believe NJD or ARI have him high on their draft board, they might just outright pick Nemec 1st overall (then the whole hockey world explodes)
Again, this is all hypothetical. Definitely not unrealistic.