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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Honestly, no team in the West stood a chance against either of these two. The Avs in particular have a dynasty in the making with a generational forward and defenseman who aren't going anywhere soon. It's going to take a stroke of luck for any other team in the West to get by them for a while.
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All it'll take is the salary cap doing its thing to drag the Avs back to earth. Having MacKinnon, Byram, Kuemper, Lekhonen, Kadri, Nichuskin, Compher, Burakovsky, and more up for renewal over the next two off-seasons is going to take a lot of work by Sakic. They'll still be good, there's no question, but the cap always gets its pound of flesh and hollowing out the middle of a roster should be enough to downgrade them from "unbeatable dynasty" to "one of many good teams".