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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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I have it the other way around. Toronto is Colorado lite. TO is weak at center with Bozak-Kadri-Bolland(for now). They have a few good wingers who elevate them in Lupul-JVR-Kessel.
Plus Colorado has Landeskog who is better than anybody from Toronto on the wing outside of Kessel. Kessel isn't that good defensively though.
Neither team has very good D, but 10/10 times I'll go into a gunfight with the Av's lineup.
Didn't mention the Av's center ice guys. That embarassment of riches is supreme and goes without saying. Then there is Varlamov. Leaf fans can only dream.
They picked a bad year to tank at the end. Better luck next year!