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Originally Posted by GullFoss
I don't think Montreal is that bad: Domi, drouin, Gallagher, Kotkaniemi, tatar, Byron. It's not terrible. The first line looks quite weak, but the next 9 looks above average to me. I especially like their third line. Their 2nd line with drouin-domi also looks decent. And the fourth line looks decent too.
On the back end, price is amazing. Weber and petry is an above average first pairing. And their third pairing looks decent. It's their 3-4 I'd be concerned about.
So they lack top end talent on the front, but have depth. And at the back they have top tier talent (top 2 + goalie), but lack depth.
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The thing they are doing well is playing cohesively as a team, which when coupled with available speed, makes them arguably better than the sum of the parts.
I think that they may be a team who looks at how Vegas was successful and believes they could do likewise. (Not necessarily get to the final, but play above expectations that external folks have)