The series seems to be following a a first round pattern of dominant players/lines taking over and winning. The Wheeler/Mark Scheifele/Connor line in the Winnipeg series, Benns line in Dallas, Stasny's line in the Vegas series and McKinnon in this one.
Certainly you cannot win a cup with one line and problems will come up later on when injuries occur and depth is more important. It seems to be good enough in the first round though.
In light of the comments above, it's important to note that Benn and most of the others were not 1st or 2nd overall. You can certainly find players like that in the draft. Vegas's dominant line was picked 22nd(Patches), 178th(Stone), and 44th(Stastny). Benn was drafted 129th.
|