[TheScorpion]

The Hartley team was odd in that it featured a number of career-renaissance-type seasons from guys who seemed very unlikely to repeat them.

Jiri Hudler, Dennis Wideman, David Jones, Kris Russell, Lance Bouma, and Josh Jooris all had career-highlight seasons—but they aren't exactly the kind of players you need to rely on for that consistent excellence.

Now, guys like Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk, Mark Giordano, Rasmus Andersson, and Noah Hanifin are all coming off career-best seasons, PLUS those kinds of ancillary guys like Derek Ryan, Mark Jankowski, etc. That's how you win -- you need your stars chugging, not lucky seasons from aging vets.