But would you bet on this crop of kids leading the team to dominance over the other giants in the brutal west? I wouldn't. Not yet. It's getting there, but what we really need to push us to have a real chance is another special player like Gaudreau that has that skill and the size to battle the big players. Bennett is good, very good. But he's not head and shoulders above the rest of the crop like Gaudreau has shown to be at every level he's played at. We need a player of McDavid/Eichel's elite skill to help bolster our forward lineup for a decade or more of contention. We shouldn't build to be like Anaheim or LA, but to be one better. What you want is a Crosby/Malkin like tandem down the middle with responsible, 200 foot players surrounding them. It's a dream to think about, but I don't want to settle for the group we have now, even if I feel moderately good about where they'll end up. I want to be as sure as these ####ers up north about our team, without the huge delusional factor playing in, because we know for a fact that we've got a group of total studs that'll rip the league a new one. Don't you?
Okay okay ...Back to earth now...
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