Sure, you want to keep Ferland/Bennett/Stone/Frolik/Backlund and the rest of the gang together, but when was the last time a team won without a top tier player on their team? You don't overlook elite talent to keep depth. You need both, but it's easier to build a winner around elite talent and get depth than the other way.
Teams either win with an elite offensive talent (Art Ross winners: Crosby, Malkin, Kane, (Iginla/St.Louis), Forsberg) or elite defensive centers (Selke winners: Bergeron, Kopitar, Toews, Datsyuk, Brind'Amour, Madden, Lehtinen (winger), Draper) and elite defensive players (Norris winners: Lidstrom, Doughty, Chara, Keith, Niedermayer, Pronger).
Of course having a strong goalie like Roy, Brodeur or flash in the pans Ward and Thomas helped as well.
The last time a team won without a a future or past Art Ross winner, Selke winner or Norris is when? Leetch, Carbonneau, Lemieux, Jagr, I think you may actually have to go back to the 1990 Coffey and Gretzky-less Oilers...
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