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Originally Posted by saillias
They finished 1st (or 2nd...) in the east, Eric Staal scored 100 points and Cam Ward won the Conn Smythe. Rod Brind'amour was an elite faceoff guy putting up points and Cory Stillman finally learned to play in the playoffs. There was no joke about them winning the cup that year.
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I agree they were good that year (although their point totals aided by a terrible division) but even with keeping much of their top players, they were not able to maintain an elite level after that season. That was more what I was referring too.