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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Gaudreau and Tkachuk have been heavily criticised when the team hasn't had success in the past.
Turns out getting great goaltending and a strong system has a substantial effect on the narrative.
This is just like the old Yzerman narrative that he commited to defence and then the Red Wings won. Really discounts the contributions of guys like Fedorov and Lidstrom who showed up shortly before the Wings started winning Cups.
People look for an easy answer and a lot of the time that answer is just blaming the face of the team.
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The old Yzerman narrative holds a significant amount of water. The reason being is that it's true. Yzerman changed into the player Bowman wanted him to be. The Russian 5 did their thing and they won a cup at least one if not 2, also a historic presidents trophy if I'm not mistaken. They also met a limo disaster. You tell me who won? Also, for as many years the russian 5 dominated the NHL (I watched them and they were incredidble) how many years did they win international competitions? Fedorov was nothing without Bowman and or Yzerman. Even though he wanted to be.