Teams need to check a lot of boxes to be considered elite. Teams can get by with an average offence IF you have exceptional defence/goaltending. Teams can suffer through an average PP, but you can't have a poor PK.
I made a spreadsheet a few years ago called the Contender Template. I won't bore you with all of it, but according to past Cup Final teams your average top six should point out like this:
89 pts (+) - 79 pts (+) - 66 pts (+)
62 pts (+) - 56 pts (+) - 44 pts (+)
Here's the Flames pace this season:
Gaudreau (67pts) - Monahan (55pts) - Lindholm (65pts)
Tkachuk (68pts) - Backlund (43pts) - Ryan (40pts)
Read into that what you wil...
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