I think a key thing being overlooked is luck
their prime was technically 4-5 years ago but they lost to the Hawks and Canucks in the WCFs
they wanted to rebuild, basically put Thornton and Marleau in the bargain bin but couldn't move
stripped Thornton of the captaincy, had their best D man playing 2nd line RW, think their run this year is down to the GM not being able to make the moves he wanted over anything else
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