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Originally Posted by activeStick
Pittsburgh will be the new model if they win, until a team like Anaheim wins which changes the model to big, heavy rosters albeit slower, and then if a team like Calgary wins, the model will again switch to a deep backend with players who can all push the puck up ice quickly...
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The Pittsburgh model will always be 'have two of the three best players in the world'.
This Penguins team has one elite player on each of its top 3 lines, an elite #1D who can play half the game if need be, and goaltending. That's not a complicated recipe for winning.