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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
Tampa Bay argument
I can't think of many teams that have the quality and depth at all positions like they do. So yes, I put them top 5 in the league.
Blackhawks
Kings
Ducks
Lightning
Blues/Canadiens (hard to pick between the two)
Edit: Drouin caveat.
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I see where you're going, but I would put a few more teams ahead of Tampa right now. Pittsburgh and San Jose are still better teams todat, at least until Tampa can win a playoff round. Then I would also put Minnesota and Dallas ahead of them, especially with the moves those teams made in the off-season. Tampa is definitely a team on the rise, but I don't think they'd be nearly as good playing the California teams multiple teams every year.
For me they would be right around Colorado, which I think is a pretty fair assessment right now on where both teams are at.