The Boston Bruins are another team that won without an elite 1C. I’ve always thought Monahan and Krejci were fairly similar in talent as a center when you compare them by age, and Krejci was Boston’s #1.
The Krejci/Bergeron 1-2 still makes me think a Monahan-Lindholm 1-2 could win you a cup, we just don’t have the kind of support they would need outside of that, but it’s not far off.
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