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Originally Posted by Mindtravellee
Is there a bunch of B and C grade players elevating there level of play up as well?
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Definitely. And that may trickle down from your elite guys to some extent. Like I said, lots of other things matter, but I'm looking for the commonalities among all cup winners.
Goalies starting fewer than 60 games is another one (IIRC Quick was an exception one year). It may not even have as much to do with goalies being rested as a sign that a team is good enough that it doesn't need to ride their starter so hard.
A backhanded part of my point would be that wingers may not even enter the equation until step 2, no matter how good they are.