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Originally Posted by thefoss1957
Inferior teams (relatively speaking) have ridden the "hot goalie" to the promised land before.
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No they haven't. When has this happened in the last decade since the 04/05 lockout?
2016 Pens - A superior team with multiple superstars that was basically murdering the league from the All Star break onward.
2015 Hawks - A superior team that has consistent success thanks to its depth.
2014 Kings - A superior team that has consistent success in the playoffs thanks to its depth.
2013 Hawks - A superior team that has consistent success thanks to its depth.
2012 Kings - A superior team that has consistent success in the playoffs thanks to its depth.
2011 Bruins - A consistent cup contender for years afterwards thanks to its depth.
2010 Hawks - A superior team that has consistent success thanks to its depth. And anyway Niemi had a .910 sv%.
2009 Pens - A superior team with multiple superstars that had just made back to back finals. And anyway Fleury had a .908 sv%.
2008 Wings - A superior team that was the measuring stick of success for the whole league for most of two decades.
2007 Ducks - A superior team that had a 48-20 record and 110 points that year, with two hall of famers on the blue line.
2006 Hurricanes - A superior team that had a 52-22 record and 112 points that year, mostly because of offense (their 294 goals for that season is the most of any cup winner in 20 years).
Yeah, you need your goalie to play well. But on some of those winners, he was just "good", not great, and on the teams that had great goaltending performances, they had a hell of a lot of other things going for them too. Quick and Thomas had unreal performances in '11 and '12, but those teams were juggernauts.