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Originally Posted by moon
The Ducks had two of the best defensemen of all time and possibly the best two in the league at the time. They also had Selanne who is decent and Getzlaf/Perry don't suck. Andy Macdonald was a PPG player that year as well.
LA had Doughty, Kopitar, Carter and Richards who all were top level talents, plus arguably the best goalie in the world in Quick.
Both those teams won because they had elite level talent.
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Yes ok and Detroit who lost to Anaheim had Datsyuk, Zetterberg, Lidstrom, and arguably the best goalie in the world in Dominik Hasek.
LA beat puke puke the Canucks in the first round Sedin(s), Kesler, Edler, even puke puke Bieksa had 44 points for a defencemen.
Listen I'm not blanking my statement by saying if you work hard enough you might win the Stanley Cup. However, elite talent on it's own doesn't either.