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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I'm obviously not saying there's a legal requirement that the Stanley Cup winner must show receipt of a Selke winner before they can lift it. I'm merely suggesting that all of the Stanley Cup winners have had top tier talent, especially down center.
Depth, hot goaltending, great contracts. They all play a part, but the common denominator has been top tier talent when it comes to lifting that Cup.
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In the past we’ve seen teams with elite players and elite depth dominate the league. But the league also had a 57/43 revenue split and allowed contracts as long as you wanted and front loaded. This gave rich teams and teams with elite talent an advantage to keep their stars and add/keep depth. Then the 2nd lockout happened rolling back the revenue split and blocking teams from front loading star players and wrapping them up for 10 plus years. Of course the nhl grandfathered in existing contracts. But we are almost in an nhl where these deals aren’t making an impact. For me 4 players still remain that are impact guys. Crosby ovechkin backstrom and Keith. 3 of these guys play on the last 3 cup winning teams.
Moving forward I see more teams that have elite talent not having any space to keep their guys leading to more teams with glaring weaknesses still bring a contender. Imo flames are a goalie away as I don’t see too many super teams in the way these days. Their centres are just fine