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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
To be fair, they're still nowhere near as good as they appear, but they're playing Minnesota who are a fairly mediocre team. The Avs are sort of like Toronto lite - all-around better at hockey than Toronto, and with better top-end forward talent, but still relying on that top end forward talent to disguise the serious issues elsewhere in the lineup.
It's a fun team to watch but I would not pick them to come close to winning their division next season. They'll be subject to a correction much like the Leafs were, except not to the same extent (i.e. they'll probably be hovering around the bottom seed in the division or one of the wild card spots rather than missing the playoffs altogether).
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Man, look at their roster.
Elite goalie trending upwards? Yep.
18 year old franchise centre? Yep.
23 year old franchise centre? Yep.
23 year old soon to be Selke winning centre/winger? Yep.
21 year old captain who leads by example? Yep.
To compare that to the Leafs is insane.
Oh, they're not up 2-0 in the first round of the playoffs?
Oh, they didn't have four 60+ point scorers under the age of 24? Another one that's only 27?
They're a good friggin' team. They're going to be a good friggin' team for a long, long time.
Look at the centres they have! Their goaltending is stellar, and their D could use some work (although, Johnson and Barrie are high-level, young and improving). The Avs are this good.